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The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Dr. Max, Dr. Aaron, Dr. Mike, and Alba
105 episodes
9 months ago
This is the final episode for the Poor Historians Podcast. It's been a wonderful ride and we're happy to end on what we think is a high note, talking about the topic that interested Dr. Max in starting a show about medical history in the first place. The chief source for this episode is "The Knife Man" a book by Wendy Moore talking about the life, times, and accomplishments of the Scottish Surgeon, John Hunter. You may not know it, but so many advances in medicine (and past episodes of our sh...
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This is the final episode for the Poor Historians Podcast. It's been a wonderful ride and we're happy to end on what we think is a high note, talking about the topic that interested Dr. Max in starting a show about medical history in the first place. The chief source for this episode is "The Knife Man" a book by Wendy Moore talking about the life, times, and accomplishments of the Scottish Surgeon, John Hunter. You may not know it, but so many advances in medicine (and past episodes of our sh...
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The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Finale - John Hunter, the Founder of Scientific Surgery
This is the final episode for the Poor Historians Podcast. It's been a wonderful ride and we're happy to end on what we think is a high note, talking about the topic that interested Dr. Max in starting a show about medical history in the first place. The chief source for this episode is "The Knife Man" a book by Wendy Moore talking about the life, times, and accomplishments of the Scottish Surgeon, John Hunter. You may not know it, but so many advances in medicine (and past episodes of our sh...
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1 year ago
1 hour 29 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Chicago Tylenol Murders and Halloween Sadism
If you've ever wondered why your over-the-counter pill bottles have that annoying little foil under the cap, you'll be happy to know it's there for good reason. It all stems from this true-crime meets toxicology story. We'll lay it all out here in this episode.Support the show-----PHPod Merch Store (CLOSED)-----Podcast Linktree (social media links / reviews / ratings)-----#medicine #medicalhistory #history #historypodcast
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1 year ago
54 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Comstock Laws and Women's Health in the Gilded Age with Special Guest, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, PhD
We welcome our special guest historian to discuss an overview of issues affecting medical history and it's approaches to women's health during the late 19th century into the early 20th. We'll talk about Anthony Comstock and his silly morality-influenced laws, discuss early forms of contraception, and will examine all of this amidst the cultural milieu of the era. We'll go out on a limb and say the doctors of this age were a bit behind the times and we're happy to laugh at their expense.G...
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1 year ago
1 hour 6 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Origins of Placebos and their Effects
This is a fascinating and complicated dive into the history behind the first placebos and observations of their effects. We'll do our best not to lose our own minds trying to sort out the complexities of the placebo effect as we understood it simply in the past, and try to contrast that with all of the newer science on the topic. This gets weird.Sources:Wikipedia: Placebo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaceboThe Neuroscience of Placebo Effects, Nature Reviews (paywall), Wager and Atlas https:...
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1 year ago
1 hour 11 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Krebiozen Hoax-An Infamous Quack Cancer Treatment
This episode was brought to you by our main source, the excellent book on the topic by Matthew C. Ehrlich entitled, The Krebiozan Hoax: How a mysterious Cancer Drug Shook Organized Medicine. Check it out via that link and show the author some love. It's a great addition to your medical history library.This is the story of how a 22-year elaborate hoax was delivered to the American public of the 1940's-1960's in the form of a purported cancer cure. Preying on the hope of those suffering from te...
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1 year ago
1 hour 11 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Multiple Murder Attempts of "Durable" Mike Malloy: A Medical History Perspective
This episode is a blend of true crime and criminal ineptitude. We'll walk through the story of how a gaggle of NYC barflys in the early 20th century U.S. Prohibition Era conspired (very badly) to murder an Irish immigrant who would later be nicknamed "The Irish Rasputin" for his incredible survival of multiple attempts on his life. How did this all transpire, medically speaking? Let's find out.Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Malloyhttps://medium.com/the-crime-historian/meet-t...
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1 year ago
1 hour 3 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
A History of Breast Surgery: Wax, Oil, and Silicone
This is one of those episodes where we're happy to have Alba's perspective. We'll explore the history of breast surgery, it's various early procedures, and a host of things done to change women's chests for a variety of reasons.References: https://citylights.com/topographies/cleavage-man-made-breasts/ Cleavage book, Nora Jacobson, 2000 (MAIN SOURCE)Squeezing saline bag story, https://www.chron.com/local/history/innovators-inventions/article/Local-invention-made-Houston-international-hub-...
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1 year ago
1 hour 14 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The First U.S. Opiate Crisis: The Civil War and the Opium Eaters
History does have a way of repeating itself--at least in broad strokes. In this episode we'll discuss the first opiate crisis the U.S. ever suffered and do a bit of comparison to modern times. From opium, to morphine, to heroin, these substances have been a part of civilization for much longer than most realize.If you or someone you know may be struggling with opiates or other addictive substances, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) has a confidential 24/7, 365...
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1 year ago
1 hour

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Alcohol in Civilization, Culture, and Medical History
It's probably popular knowledge that alcohol as a substance of use--and potential misuse--has been with humankind since our earliest days. In this episode, Dr. Mike explores the earliest references to alcohol and takes us through a tour of it's evolution alongside various cultures and eventual recognition as a poison that is capable of great harm. This includes an overview of early addiction treatment and some discussion of how alcohol affects human physiology. -----If you or someone you...
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1 year ago
1 hour 8 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Royal Pains: Medical Movie Show Review
Thanks to a fan suggestion, we went ahead and gave this TV series about an ER doctor turned concierge physician for the rich and famous a try.It had its moments.Support the show-----PHPod Merch Store (CLOSED)-----Podcast Linktree (social media links / reviews / ratings)-----#medicine #medicalhistory #history #historypodcast
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1 year ago
1 hour 19 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
We've had many requests for this topic over the years and Dr. Aaron finally took charge of it. We'll explore the crossroads of medical history and medical ethics as it applies to the case of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who's peculiar tumor cells lived on to be the source of numerous medical discoveries--albeit without her permission.Referenceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumoencephalography After-effects of pneumoenceph...
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1 year ago
56 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Milk Sickness: The Story of Anna Pierce and a Uniquely American Deadly Historic Diagnosis
In the early 19th century, pioneers on the American western frontier were dying of an unusual illness. It even claimed the life of Nancy Lincoln, mother of the accomplished wrestler (and incidental president of the U.S.), Abraham Lincoln. The cause of this mysterious illness was known to one Anna Pierce as well as the Native American populations of the affected area. This is the story of Milk Sickness, how it was discovered/rediscovered, and how it came to an end.Sources:Anna Pierce - ht...
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1 year ago
48 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Madame Web: Medical Movie Review
We have a new piece of medicine infused awful cinema to check out. We reviewed Madame Web and boy was it bad, not only as a movie, but also as a portrayal of EMS medicine. Way to go, Marvel.Support the show-----PHPod Merch Store (CLOSED)-----Podcast Linktree (social media links / reviews / ratings)-----#medicine #medicalhistory #history #historypodcast
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1 year ago
1 hour 25 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Preventing Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn: The Discovery of RhoGAM and the "Man with the Golden Arm"
In the 1930's (and before), there was a mysterious cause of infant mortality. An astonishing number of newborns were victim to a mismatch between their blood type, and that of their mothers. Doctors at the time were not sure why this was happening. This is the story of the discovery of the cure for that condition and a man who went above and beyond for six decades to help prevent it in his part of the world.Sources:-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(blood_donor)-https://www.cnn.co...
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1 year ago
51 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
Strolling into Steroids: Pedestrianism and the History of Performance Enhancement in Sports
If you can believe it, watching people walk around was once a spectator sport. It was the Gilded Age and there weren't many options for sport entertainment. We'll investigate how the participants in this early sport-ish activity helped inform the more modern practices of performance enhancing substance use as we know them today. We'll touch on cycling and the physiology and medicine behind some of these ways to enhance one's sporting prowess.Sources:Pedestrianism: When Watching People Walk wa...
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1 year ago
1 hour 17 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Resident Episode 2: Medical TV Show Roast
We said that episode one of this TV series was bad, medically and critically speaking. Maybe that's not fair. It was a pilot, after all. We went ahead and checked out episode 2. It was worse.Support the show-----PHPod Merch Store (CLOSED)-----Podcast Linktree (social media links / reviews / ratings)-----#medicine #medicalhistory #history #historypodcast
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1 year ago
1 hour 29 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Green Tongue Epidemic in Post World War II Japan
When a mysterious gastrointestinal illness starts turning into a dangerous neurologic disease accompanied by green tongues in post WWII Japan, researches scramble to find out why people are becoming sick. We'll do a deep dive on this one to figure out the cause.Sources:-https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-cure-is-cause-180967666/-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15152488/-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC478909/?page=1-https://newint.org/features/1981/01/01/devils-ht...
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1 year ago
1 hour 6 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Discovery of Viagra (aka Sildenafil) With a History of Erectile Dysfunction and Priapism Treatments
From the discovery of this well-known medication, to the science behind its function, and spanning all the way to treatments for the underlying condition of erectile dysfunction as well as a complication of said treatments called priapism, this episode covers a lot of ground. As you might imagine, there will be discussions of male genitalia, the existence of sex, and sexual health in this one, as written by Dr. Mike and presented in Poor Historians Podcast fashion. Listener discretion i...
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1 year ago
53 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Resident: A Poor Historians Medical TV Show Breakdown & Review
The Patrons have spoken! They suggested we lend our medical expertise in a new and unique manner, by watching, reacting, and reviewing a popular medical show. We chose "The Resident" and boy-oh-boy was it bad. Whether you're a fan of that particular show or have yet to see it, this episode will let you experience all it's medically inaccurate glory through the eyes of your favorite amateur medical historian doctors and their intrepid medical history intern. #medicalshow #medicine #t...
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1 year ago
1 hour 35 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
President Cleveland's Secret Surgery (With Presidencies of the United States Podcast)
We invited Jerry Landry, host of the exceptional Presidencies of the U.S. Podcast onto the show today to help us discuss the clandestine surgery at sea that was done on President Grover Cleveland in the late 1800's. It was kind of a big deal.Listen to the end to hear a teaser on the upcoming Patron inspired TV show review. We'll talk about it after our bonus content with Jerry at the end of this episode.Go check out the Presidencies of the United States Podcast wherever you get your podcasts ...
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1 year ago
55 minutes

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
This is the final episode for the Poor Historians Podcast. It's been a wonderful ride and we're happy to end on what we think is a high note, talking about the topic that interested Dr. Max in starting a show about medical history in the first place. The chief source for this episode is "The Knife Man" a book by Wendy Moore talking about the life, times, and accomplishments of the Scottish Surgeon, John Hunter. You may not know it, but so many advances in medicine (and past episodes of our sh...