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The Sawbones Book: The Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern Medicine (utgåvan 2018)

av Justin McElroy (Författare)

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"Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered drilling a hole in your head to deal with those pesky headaches? Probably not. But for thousands of years, people have done things like this--and things that make radioactive underpants seem downright sensible! In their hit podcast, Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin McElroy breakdown the weird and wonderful way we got to modern healthcare. And some of the terrifying detours along the way. Every week, Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin amaze, amuse, and gross out (depending on the week) hundreds of thousands of avid listeners to their podcast, Sawbones. Consistently rated a top podcast on iTunes, with over 15 million total downloads, this rollicking journey through thousands of years of medical mishaps and miracles is not only hilarious but downright educational. While you may never even consider applying boiled weasel to your forehead (once the height of sophistication when it came to headache cures), you will almost certainly face some questionable medical advice in your everyday life (we're looking at you, raw water!) and be better able to figure out if this is a miracle cure (it's not) or a scam."--… (mer)

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Medlem:	Lucina_W
Titel:	The Sawbones Book: The Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern Medicine
Författare:	Justin McElroy (Författare)
Info:	Weldon Owen (2018), Edition: Illustrated, 216 pages
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Taggar:	podcast, medicine

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You might guess from the subtitle that this is a humourous look at the history of medicine. The authors are a family doctor, and her husband, a layperson. The book appears to be based on a podcast (I have no clue about this podcast). Some of the topics they look at include: opium, charcoal, mercury, radium, arsenic, honey, chocolate, and vinegar. Also, weight loss, the Black Plague, erectile dysfunction, spontaneous combustion, phrenology, lobotomy, poop, the dancing plague, homeopathy, bloodletting, polio, and more.

This was funny! I’ve read a number of medical history books that look at many of these things, so some of the stories are repeats, but it’s still nice to get the reminders, since often with books like this that include so many different topics, it’s easy to forget. There were some fantastic illustrations, and little side-notes of the authors dialogue between themselves about the various topics. Even though some of the topics can be pretty disgusting (though it didn’t bother me), this is a good way to read about it with the humour mixed in. (

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LibraryCin | Mar 24, 2024 |

I haven't listened to the podcast, but I have heard Justin McElroy before through The Adventure Zone. A fun, light (albeit does dive into gross, not-safe-for-dinner topics), bantery book about the weird beliefs and cures people have attempted in centuries of medical history. I noticed occasional typos in my library's copy but overall it was an okay read. (

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Daumari | Dec 28, 2023 |

I listened to the audio book, and it felt like a stilted episode. Part of that obviously is because the reading of the book is scripted, but I think the material suffers from being too broad, whilst at the same time, very repetitive on some facts.

Nothing really new here if you are a fan of the show, but it'd be a good means to get someone interested who doesn't know much about medical history.

A likeable enough text, sure, but it really just didn't land for me. (

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TheKroog | Oct 18, 2023 |

I very much enjoy the Sawbones podcast. Sydney and Justin did a fantastic job bringing over some of the earlier episode content into this book. A super interesting read when you have time to digest it vs a podcast. Justin's humor is also found in this book, and while I enjoy listening to him more, it is still fun to see his humor in these pages. (

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Cephas730 | Jun 16, 2023 |

This was not hilarious at all. It was cheesy. While the actual medical facts might be interesting, the added quips are distracting and more than a little off-color - even for me. And I'm a nurse with a healthy morgue humor. (

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Författarens namn	Roll	Typ av författare	Verk?	Status
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McElroy, Sydnee	—	huvudförfattare	alla utgåvor	bekräftat

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"Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered drilling a hole in your head to deal with those pesky headaches? Probably not. But for thousands of years, people have done things like this--and things that make radioactive underpants seem downright sensible! In their hit podcast, Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin McElroy breakdown the weird and wonderful way we got to modern healthcare. And some of the terrifying detours along the way. Every week, Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin amaze, amuse, and gross out (depending on the week) hundreds of thousands of avid listeners to their podcast, Sawbones. Consistently rated a top podcast on iTunes, with over 15 million total downloads, this rollicking journey through thousands of years of medical mishaps and miracles is not only hilarious but downright educational. While you may never even consider applying boiled weasel to your forehead (once the height of sophistication when it came to headache cures), you will almost certainly face some questionable medical advice in your everyday life (we're looking at you, raw water!) and be better able to figure out if this is a miracle cure (it's not) or a scam."--

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