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Rub Some Dirt In It takes a humorous look into the people, events, folklore, and inventions that shaped medical history. In a field pioneered by some of the greatest minds of all time, some popular ideas and practices... didn't quite cut the medical mustard. This series spotlights some of those practices that time forgot: partially to prevent history from repeating itself, partially to illuminate so-called 'primitive' approaches that actually worked, and wholly to entertain modern practitioners.
Because when all else fails, you can always...
Episodes 1-15 of 16
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Where’d the Willies Come From? A Look at Anomalies & Their Nickname Origins
Where’d the Willies Come From? A Look at Anomalies & Their Nickname Origins
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Bad Breath & Booming Business: The History of Halitosis
Bad Breath & Booming Business: The History of Halitosis
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Looking Back at Going Under: What Our Ancestors Did Before Anesthesia
Looking Back at Going Under: What Our Ancestors Did Before Anesthesia
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When Wombs Wandered: A Look Back at Plato’s Theory
When Wombs Wandered: A Look Back at Plato’s Theory
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Leeches’ Sucky Role in Medicine Throughout History
Leeches’ Sucky Role in Medicine Throughout History
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The Trouble with Trepanning, the Oldest Surviving Surgical Practice
The Trouble with Trepanning, the Oldest Surviving Surgical Practice
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Typhoid Mary’s Recipe for Disaster
Typhoid Mary’s Recipe for Disaster
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Bile, Phlegm, & Blood: Restoring Balance Through Bloodletting
Bile, Phlegm, & Blood: Restoring Balance Through Bloodletting
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Gout: The Famous Figures in History Who Have Suffered
Gout: The Famous Figures in History Who Have Suffered
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide...Say That 10 Times Fast
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide...Say That 10 Times Fast
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Quack Went the Doc: The Origins of Snake Oil Salesmen in Medicine
Quack Went the Doc: The Origins of Snake Oil Salesmen in Medicine
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Dominique-Jean Larrey: History's First Medical MacGyver
Dominique-Jean Larrey: History's First Medical MacGyver
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Things That Made Us Go "Hmm": Tall Tales in Medical History
Things That Made Us Go "Hmm": Tall Tales in Medical History
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Lobotomy: Surgery's Misguided First Take on "Blowing Your Mind"
Lobotomy: Surgery's Misguided First Take on "Blowing Your Mind"
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Mummy Powders, Chocolate Skulls, & Gladiator Blood: Historical Remedies That Didn't Make the Cut
Mummy Powders, Chocolate Skulls, & Gladiator Blood: Historical Remedies That Didn't Make the Cut
