Send us a text Step back into the bizarre world of historical medicine where the cures were often worse than the disease. In this episode, we explore some of the strangest and most dangerous medical practices in history: milk transfusions, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup (yes, the one loaded with morphine), cocaine for hay fever, a whale hotel for rheumatism, and even John Wesley’s book of natural cures that claimed to treat almost everything. And of course, no tour of old-time medicine would b...
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Send us a text Step back into the bizarre world of historical medicine where the cures were often worse than the disease. In this episode, we explore some of the strangest and most dangerous medical practices in history: milk transfusions, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup (yes, the one loaded with morphine), cocaine for hay fever, a whale hotel for rheumatism, and even John Wesley’s book of natural cures that claimed to treat almost everything. And of course, no tour of old-time medicine would b...
Send us a text In this brutally honest episode, we dive headfirst into the bizarre world of ivermectin, fenbendazole (aka fenben), and the viral stories that made deworming meds the darlings of anti-science subreddits everywhere. From Joe Tippens’ cancer recovery story that sparked the fenbendazole cancer protocol movement, to the COVID-era obsession with ivermectin as a miracle cure, we separate medical fact from fiction, and FDA-approved treatments from feed store folklore. Expect evidence-...
Under The Scrubs
Send us a text Step back into the bizarre world of historical medicine where the cures were often worse than the disease. In this episode, we explore some of the strangest and most dangerous medical practices in history: milk transfusions, Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup (yes, the one loaded with morphine), cocaine for hay fever, a whale hotel for rheumatism, and even John Wesley’s book of natural cures that claimed to treat almost everything. And of course, no tour of old-time medicine would b...
