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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Arsenic Wallpaper

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

History, Comedy, Sawbones, Health & Fitness, Medical History, Medicine

4.815.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

No, dear listener, “arsenic wallpaper” is not just a great band name, it’s also a reference to a mid-1800s fanaticism around using arsenic to create a particular vibrant shade of green. A sort of . . . jade? Sage? Anyway. You’ve probably already guessed how that works out, but we’ll lay it out for you just the same on this week’s Sawbones.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Saubones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.

0:07.0

It's for fun. Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?

0:14.0

We think you've earned it. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.

0:22.0

You're worth it.

0:24.0

Alright, Tommy is about to books. One, two, one, two, three, four.

0:33.0

We came across a pharmacy with a toy and that's lost it out. We were shot through the broken glass and had ourselves a look around.

0:56.0

Hello everybody and welcome to Saubones, a Marital Tour of Misguide Medicine. I'm your co-host Justin McAroy.

1:12.0

And I'm Sydney McAroy.

1:14.0

I'm so happy to be here with you. Wait your timer. Can you start your timer?

1:18.0

It started there. Now we know how long we're broadcasting for. Yeah. My dad watches the kiddos while we record Saubones with Carol, my stepmother.

1:31.0

And they, if we're not done in 40 minutes, they'll abandon the children, the children, the lock right out of the house.

1:41.0

That's not true. That was a joke. That was not true. I don't want your dad and Carol to think they'll be.

1:47.0

It might be good to take that down a peg. That's all I'm saying. Just, you know, so he's hustling.

1:52.0

Well, I'll get right down to business. Yes.

1:55.0

Justin, I'm really excited about this topic. I did not know about this, this little piece of history.

2:02.0

This is one of those where it's like history, medical adjacent. It's medical, but also just interesting stuff.

2:09.0

Until Chris, email us about it. So thank you Chris, because we have done an episode on.

2:14.0

No, director of inception. No, it was not Chris Nolan. No, I can't.

2:19.0

No, I'm not Chris Nolan. No, no, no, no, no, it's definitely not Chris Nolan.

2:23.0

We have done an episode on arsenic in the past, right? Like you can listen to that. That was back in 2016.

2:29.0

So that's out there. That's out there.

2:31.0

But one aspect I went back through to see like, did we talk about this?

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