Newly revised and updated for 2020, this new Paperback edition of the bestselling Sawbones Book gives you a fascinating, horrifying, funny and memorable tour through centuries of medical experimentation and practice (and sometimes malpractice). Learn about trepanation, the COVID-19 pandemic, Norovirus, Chickenpox, Diabetes, and more, all inspired by Sawbones 300+ podcast episodes.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.Table of Contents:Part 1: The ContagiousQuarantineThe Deadly ParadeDetoxThe Black PlaguePliny the ElderThe Man Who Drank PoopParrot FeverPart II: The UnnveringThe Resurrection MenOpiumAn Electrifying ExperienceWeight LossCharcoalErectile DysfunctionSpontaneous CombustionTrepanationThe Doctor Is InPart III: The GrossMummy MedicineMercuryThe Guthole BromanceA Piece of Your MindThe Unkillable Phineas GagePhrenologyRobert ListonUrine Luck!RadiumHumorismThe Straight PoopThe Doctor Is InPart IV: The WeirdThe Dancing PlagueCurtis Howe SpringerSmoke 'Em if You Got 'EmA Titanic Case of NauseaArsenicParacelsusHoneySelf-ExperimentationHomeopathyThe Doctor Is InPart V: The AwesomeThe Poison SquadBloodlettingDeath by ChocolateJohn Harvey KelloggVinegarPolio VaccineThe Doctor Is In PAPERBACK BOOK
