Run Like a Cheetah

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Defunct Doctors Podcast

Lynne Kramer

27 episodes

4 days ago

Defunct Doctors is a podcast about rare, curious, and intriguing medicine. Every week, Dr. Lynne Kramer and Dr. Helen Shui will talk casually about a grab-bag of stories and topics: from exotic diseases to rare genetic conditions, from historical oddities to fascinating advancements, from hero doctors to despicable doctors, from amazing survival stories to disheartening medical failures. They will delve into unique aspects of medicine - the strange, the unusual, and the amazing. Dr. Lynne Kramer is a defunct developmental pediatrician who spent ten years out of the clinic raising her kids. Dr. Helen Shui is a partially defunct surgeon who is out of the clinic and the operating room, but still has a desk job. They both love things that are fascinating, especially in medicine.

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Run Like a Cheetah

Defunct Doctors Podcast

46 minutes 53 seconds

1 year ago

Run Like a Cheetah

This week, Lynne will tell you about one determined man who radically changed the face of track and field in the Paralympic Games and the lives of active amputees everywhere. It’s an uplifting tale of ingenuity and perseverance, but of course we were somehow unable to avoid a tiny tangent of murder.

Special note: Dr. Helen Shui is truly a doctor, but is working under a pseudonym for privacy reasons. Dr. Lynne Kramer is using her real name.

Music by Helen Shui and Caplixo. Cover art by Lynne Kramer.

Sources:

Sporting Witness: Why I designed the prosthetic running leg
CUSP Conference 2011
Inventive Minds: Van Phillips
Van Phillips Flex-Foot Prosthetics via Lemelson-MIT
Van Phillips via CUSP
Innovative Lives: Artificial Parts: Van Phillips by Martha Davidson
Mechanics of Oscar Pistorius’s Running Blades via Wikipedia
Ossur

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