The Sawbones Book
Justin McElroy and Dr. Sydnee McElroy
Teylor Smirl (illustrator)
Weldon Owen, $24.99
Humans took a long, weird road to modern medicine. We don’t have everything figured out yet, but at least we’ve learned not to drink the feces of cholera victims and never to plug dental cavities with a lizard’s liver — unlike some of our ancestors.
Gruesome methods like these are the heart of The Sawbones Book, a fleshing out of five years of the Sawbones podcast. The podcast features Sydnee McElroy, a family physician, diving deep into the history of bizarre and usually ineffective treatments for a wide range of ailments. She’s joined by her husband, Justin, a veteran podcaster and writer, who plays a witty but less academically inclined foil.
Justin McElroy and Dr. Sydnee McElroy
Teylor Smirl (illustrator)
Weldon Owen, $24.99
Humans took a long, weird road to modern medicine. We don’t have everything figured out yet, but at least we’ve learned not to drink the feces of cholera victims and never to plug dental cavities with a lizard’s liver — unlike some of our ancestors.
Gruesome methods like these are the heart of The Sawbones Book, a fleshing out of five years of the Sawbones podcast. The podcast features Sydnee McElroy, a family physician, diving deep into the history of bizarre and usually ineffective treatments for a wide range of ailments. She’s joined by her husband, Justin, a veteran podcaster and writer, who plays a witty but less academically inclined foil.
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