Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Join Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin McElroy for a tour of all the dumb, bad, gross, weird and wrong ways we've tried to fix people.

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Sawbones: Earaches

Episode Date: April 21, 2016

Last week on Sawbones, we moved into your ear. This week on Sawbones, we're staying put with an episoe about the dizzying number of ways we've profane...

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Sawbones: Earwax

Episode Date: April 15, 2016

This week on Sawbones, we make earwax way, way worse before we remove all of it. Well, most of it. You gotta leave some you know, it's good for you. E...

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Sawbones: Hydrogen Peroxide

Episode Date: April 7, 2016

In what may be the most shocking episode of Sawbones to date, we reveal the dirty truth about hydrogen peroxide: It's maybe not so useful for anything...

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Sawbones: Hemophilia

Episode Date: March 31, 2016

Dr. Sydnee and Justin try to apologize for their poopie episode with an episode about blood. They are bad at apologizing. Music: "Medicines" by The...

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Sawbones: Vinegar

Episode Date: March 10, 2016

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee harness the power of history's longest lasting, most widespread and (perhaps) least effective home remedy. Th...

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Sawbones: Hookworm

Episode Date: March 4, 2016

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee have been working in the coal mine, and paying REAL close attention to where they step in the their history o...

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Sawbones: The King of Quacks

Episode Date: February 25, 2016

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee return to the fertile land of patent medicine quacks to introduce you to Curtis Howe Springer, the King of Qu...

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Sawbones: Heartburn

Episode Date: February 19, 2016

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee eat some coral in a misguided attempt to cure their heartburn (while upsetting as little of the ecosystem as...

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Sawbones: Crystal Healing

Episode Date: February 11, 2016

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee really "rock out" with an episode all about the healing power of crystals. Get it? Rock out? Man, that's one...

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Sawbones: Zika Virus

Episode Date: February 4, 2016

This week on Sawbones, a new disease is taking the world by storm and Sydnee and Justin are there to explain what everyone is so freaked out about. We...

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Sawbones: Nosebleeds

Episode Date: January 22, 2016

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee have got some wicked nosebleeds, but it's no problem: They've got some Doug to stuff up there. Music: "Medici...

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Sawbones: Green Sickness

Episode Date: January 18, 2016

his week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee drop out of school and have some pre-marital sex to cure their pseudo-anemia. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpay...

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Sawbones: Fasting

Episode Date: January 6, 2016

This week on Sawbones, Justin and Sydnee finally kick the eating habit as they explore the often-disturbing history of fasting. Music: "Medicines" by...

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Sawbones: Scurvy

Episode Date: December 18, 2015

This week on Sawbones, we put the lime in the coconut and the severity of our scurvy is not diminished in the slightest. Music: "Medicines" by The Tax...

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Sawbones: Gunshot Wounds

Episode Date: December 10, 2015

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin provide a brief history of caring for gunshot wounds. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

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Sawbones: Scarlet Fever

Episode Date: December 4, 2015

This week on Sawbones, Dr. Sydnee and Justin discuss one reason the world is a little less scary for today's parents: The history of scarlet fever. Mu...