The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures

History Podcasts

This is a show for all the nerdy medical history people. Three modern emergency physicians and their show's "medical history intern" take a lighthearted, humorous quest through various stories in the history of medicine. Topics from ancient times to...

Episodes

The Finale - John Hunter, the Founder of Scientific Surgery

The Chicago Tylenol Murders and Halloween Sadism

Comstock Laws and Women's Health in the Gilded Age with Special Guest, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, PhD

The Origins of Placebos and their Effects

The Krebiozen Hoax-An Infamous Quack Cancer Treatment

The Multiple Murder Attempts of "Durable" Mike Malloy: A Medical History Perspective

A History of Breast Surgery: Wax, Oil, and Silicone

The First U.S. Opiate Crisis: The Civil War and the Opium Eaters

Alcohol in Civilization, Culture, and Medical History

Royal Pains: Medical Movie Show Review

The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks

Milk Sickness: The Story of Anna Pierce and a Uniquely American Deadly Historic Diagnosis

Madame Web: Medical Movie Review

Preventing Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn: The Discovery of RhoGAM and the "Man with the Golden Arm"

Strolling into Steroids: Pedestrianism and the History of Performance Enhancement in Sports

The Resident Episode 2: Medical TV Show Roast

The Green Tongue Epidemic in Post World War II Japan

The Discovery of Viagra (aka Sildenafil) With a History of Erectile Dysfunction and Priapism Treatments

The Resident: A Poor Historians Medical TV Show Breakdown & Review

President Cleveland's Secret Surgery (With Presidencies of the United States Podcast)