The History of Medicine

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The History of Medicine

6.1 - Papyrus and Paralysis

This week, we talk about the highlights of neurological understanding, spanning from Ancient...

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Returning to the Show

Good evening everyone. As you can tell, I've been gone for a bit longer that expected, for...

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Extending Hiatus More

Good evening everyone. As you can tell, I've been gone for even longer than expected, and I...

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Extending Hiatus

Good evening everyone. As you can tell, I've been gone for a bit longer that expected, for...

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5.20 - The Future

This week, we talk about the potential future of pain management. We talk about how opioids might...

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5.19 - Options Outside of Opioids

In our 2nd to last episode this season, let's talk about the development of functional...

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Delayed for Passover

Good evening everyone. As happens here and there, some extra responsibilities and some holidays...

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5.18 - The Current Opioid Crisis

Thanks for waiting. This week, we talk about the origins of the current opioid crisis. It began...

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Big Episode Next Week

Good evening everyone, Kirby here. I apologize, but I’m going to put off this week’s episode in...

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5.17 - A Genus of German Drugs

This episode, we catch up on some developments in the world of opioids while we've been away...

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5.16 - Strongman and Chairman

This week, we learn about John Bonica, a world-famous wrestler, and then a world-famous doctor...

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5.15 - Spaghetti and Bricks

This week, we talk about Wilbert Fordyce, a pioneer in applying psychological research to...

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Episode Delayed, Sorry!

Hello everyone, Kirby here. Sorry but I cannot get an episode up this week. Between a some...

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5.14 - Super Aspirin

This week, we learn about Stewart Adams, who helped discover ibuprofen, one of the most important...

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5.13 - Seventy Years

This week, we talk about the very long journey of acetaminophen/paracetamol, from its discovery...

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5.12 - Out of the Gate

Sorry for the delay, I took a week off for Lunar New Year! This episode, we talk about some...

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5.11 - Opening the Gates

This week, let's learn about Ronald Melzack and Patrick Wall, two very different successors...

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5.10 - The Pain Project

Today, we talk about some ways that pain was thought about before the 20th century, and then...

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5.9 - Shocks and Surgeries

We're back! Sorry, the last few weeks were crazy, between a Covid exposure and the holidays....

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5.8 - The Most Versatile American Since Benjamin Franklin

This week, we talk about Silas Weir Mitchell, who was a doctor and researcher who first studied...

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