Medicalization

Science Podcasts

Medicalization is a non-fiction podcast mini-series that bridges the gap between history and science. The podcast's mission is to tell the most fascinating and peculiar stories in medicine while explaining the underlying science behind them in a...

Episodes

Introduction: Meet the Hosts

Drug Detective: The Story of Frances Oldham Kelsey

Canopy Lenses: The Discovery of the Artificial Intraocular Lens

Canopy Lenses: Interview with Dr. Kenneth Hovland

The Great Retch: The Discovery of Boerhaave Syndrome

David Vetter: The Great Bubble Boy Experiment

Vaccines: How the Milkmaid Cured Smallpox

The Doctor's Plague: Semmelweis and the Hygiene Revolution

Mafutsusan: Hanaoka's Magic Elixir

Scurvy: The Lost Cure

The Doctor's Plague: Semmelweis and the Hygiene Revolution

Vaccines: How the Milkmaid Cured Smallpox

David Vetter: The Great Bubble Boy Experiment

Canopy Lenses: The Discovery of the Artificial Intraocular Lens

Drug Detective: The Story of Frances Oldham Kelsey

Introduction: Meet the Hosts

The Great Retch: The Discovery of Boerhaave Syndrome