The History of Medicine
By Kirby Gong
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Episodes: 131
Description
Explore the rich history of medicine, from the diseases that once plagued us, how the medicine we take for granted today came to be, and the curious characters and stories surrounding these topics. Updates every week, with breaks between seasons for additional research and planning. Our current topic: Pain. Episodes to resume in early October 2021! Past Season's topics: Season 1 - Antibiotics. Season 2 - Surgery/Anesthesia. Season 3 - Public Health. Season 4 - Mental Illness. Season 5 - Pain.
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6.1 - Papyrus and Paralysis
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Returning to the Show
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Extending Hiatus More
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Extending Hiatus
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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5.20 - The Future
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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5.19 - Options Outside of Opioids
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Delayed for Passover
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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5.18 - The Current Opioid Crisis
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Big Episode Next Week
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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5.17 - A Genus of German Drugs
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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5.16 - Strongman and Chairman
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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5.15 - Spaghetti and Bricks
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Episode Delayed, Sorry!
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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5.14 - Super Aspirin
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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5.13 - Seventy Years
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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5.12 - Out of the Gate
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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5.11 - Opening the Gates
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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5.10 - The Pain Project
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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5.9 - Shocks and Surgeries
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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5.8 - The Most Versatile American Since Benjamin Franklin
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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5.7 - A Heroin History
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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5.6 - Where There's a Will-ow...
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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5.5 - Or Nightmares
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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5.4 - The Stuff of Dreams
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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5.3 - Heroic Remedies
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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5.2 - Eat Your Veggies
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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5.1 - Plants, Needles, and Eels
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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4.29 - The Future
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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4.28 - The DSM: Happily Ever After
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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4.27 - The DSM Strikes Back
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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4.26 - Quantity Over Quality
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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4.25 - At Beck and Call
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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4.24 - Can't Hold a Kandel
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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4.23 - Looking For Brains
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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4.22 - InKline Your Ear
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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4.21 - Urine For A Ride
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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4.20 - G22355
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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4.19 - Bridging the Gap
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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4.18 - Happy Pills
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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4.17 - Tranquil
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May 24, 2021 |
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4.16 - Seizing the Moment
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May 17, 2021 |
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4.15 - Picking Brains
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May 10, 2021 |
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4.14 - Caramel
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May 03, 2021 |
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4.13 - The DSM: The Final Battle
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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4.12 - The DSM: Spitzer's Compromise
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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4.11 - The DSM: Edge of Extinction
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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4.10 - The DSM: The First Edition
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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4.9 - The DSM: Insane and Idiotic
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Feel Better, Jojo!
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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4.8 - The Shrinks Get Big
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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4.7 - Freud: Far From Home
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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4.6 - Freud: Civil War
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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4.5 - Freud: The Spread
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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We'll Be Right Back...
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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4.4 - Freud: Origins
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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4.3 - The Alienist Invasion
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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4.2 - Brain Mythology
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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4.1 - Mesmerizing
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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3.30 - The Future
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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3.29 - The Who's WHO
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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3.28 - The Rest of US
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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3.27 - O Canada
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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3.26 - Thirsty for Change
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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3.25 - Making a Bismarck
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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3.24 - Friendly Societies
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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3.23 - The ABCs of Nutrition
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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3.22 - Seal the Deal
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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3.21 - Think of the Children!
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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3.20 - No Walk in the Park
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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3.19 - Cannibal Chickens and Heroic Horses
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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3.18 - Spreading Our Wings
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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3.17 - Silkworms and Anthrax
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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3.16 - The First Sanitary Conference
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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3.15 - Women and Children First
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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3.14 - Across the Board
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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3.13 - The Plight of the Poor
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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3.12 - Variolation
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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3.11 - The State of Public Health, Again
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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3.10 - Important Institutional Improvements
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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3.9 - Saving Babies
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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3.8 - One Step at a Time
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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3.7 - The State of Public Health
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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3.6 - Planting Seeds
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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3.5 - The French-German-Neapolitan-Polish Disease
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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3.4 - All in a Day's Work
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May 25, 2020 |
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3.3 - The End of the Middle
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May 18, 2020 |
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3.2 - In the Middle of Something
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May 11, 2020 |
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3.1 - When in Rome
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May 04, 2020 |
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2.26 - The Future
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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2.25 - The Robot Takeover
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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2.24 - A Joint Effort
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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2.23 - Life and Limb
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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2.22 - Dealing with Rejection
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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2.21 - Picking up the Pace
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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2.20 - Getting to the Heart of it
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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2.19 - Breathe Easy
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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2.18 - Staying A-head
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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2.17 - Looking Inward
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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2.16 - Belly Rippers
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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2.15 - Guinea Pigs
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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2.14 - Pre War Plastic
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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2.13 - Setting Up Orthopedics
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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2.12 - Stones and Beyond
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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2.11 - A Shocking Development
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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2.10 - Banking on Blood
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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2.9 - Shock and Awe
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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2.8 - Lessons of War
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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2.7 - X-citing Developments
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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2.6 - Path to Pathology
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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2.5 - Anti to Asepsis
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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2.4 - Lister Returns
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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2.3 - Cocaine (For Local Anesthesia)
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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2.2 - No Humbug
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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2.1 - Setting the Stage
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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2.B - The Fastest Knife in the West End
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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2.A - The Man with Stones
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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1.14 - Resistance is Futile
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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1.13 - Odd and Ends
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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1.12 - The Modern FDA
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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1.11 - The Fall
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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1.10 - The Little Stranger
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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1.9 - Digging Elsewhere
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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1.8 - Digging for Gold
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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1.7 - Beating TB
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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1.6 - A New Hunt
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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1.5 - Penicillin In The War
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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1.4 - Alec and His Mold
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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1.3 - Sulfa Drugs
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May 27, 2019 |
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1.2 - Magic Bullets
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May 26, 2019 |
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1.1 - The Story of Yersinia Pestis
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May 25, 2019 |
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0 - Introduction
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May 24, 2019 |