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020 $a9781681883816 (hbk.) :$cNT$875
082 04$a610.9$222
100 1 $aMcElroy, Sydnee.
245 10$aSawbones :$bthe horrifying, hilarious road to modern medicine /$cwritten by Dr. Sydnee McElroy and Justin McElroy ; illustrated by Teylor Smirl.
246 30$aThe horrifying, hilarious road to modern medicine.
260 $aSan Francisco CA :$bWeldon Owen Inc.,$c2018.
300 $a213 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c24 cm.
505 0 $a"Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered drilling a hole in your head to deal with those pesky headaches? Probably not. But for thousands of years, people have done things like this--and things that make radioactive underpants seem downright sensible! In their hit podcast, Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin McElroy breakdown the weird and wonderful way we got to modern healthcare. And some of the terrifying detours along the way. Every week, Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin amaze, amuse, and gross out (depending on the week) hundreds of thousandsof avid listeners to their podcast, Sawbones. Consistently rated a top podcast on iTunes, with over 15 million total downloads, this rollicking journey through thousands of years of medical mishaps and miracles is not only hilarious but downright educational. While you may never even consider applying boiled weasel to your forehead (once the height of sophistication when it came to headache cures), you will almost certainly face some questionable medical advice inyour everyday life (we're looking at you, raw water!) and be better able to figure out if this is a miracle cure (it's not) or a scam."--Amazon.
650 0$aMedicine$vHistory$vMiscellanea.
650 0$aMedical innovations$vHistory$vMiscellanea.