Halloween Scaries in Medicine Part 1
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
In 1848, was the first reported case of brain damage that changed a person's personality. When a tamping iron was accidentally shot into the left cheek bone.
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Join Dr. Niket Sonpal, the Halloween expert, as he talks about things related to the scary side of medicine!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well folks it's that time a year again when things are about to get a little scary and maybe even a little spooky |
| 0:06.3 | maybe it's because hocus pocus part two came out which was a joy to watch and a ton of nostalgia |
| 0:24.0 | but is it because of lions and tigers and bears? Oh my? No, not this time. In the month of October, we all know that it's because of things like goblins and ghouls and vampires. And last year we learned about our Fred Vlad the Impaler who was misinterpreted as being a vampire |
| 0:29.0 | when poor guy only had was porphyria cutania tarta. Well this year I decided let's go ahead and |
| 0:34.9 | talk about some things related to Halloween that are of the scary side, of the |
| 0:39.4 | concerning side, but also fall right into the very heart of this podcast which is going to be |
| 0:44.4 | medicine. So ladies and gentlemen sit back with a bowl of your favorite candy and |
| 0:48.7 | if it's candy corn well we all love corn but remember that kid really just got his 15 minutes of frame just from loving |
| 0:54.6 | what he loves. But remember, if you like candy corn, own it and feel free to share it with others. |
| 1:00.1 | But remember it's really the worst holiday candy. For those of you eating Reese's peanut butter cups, |
| 1:04.1 | you're of the elite. |
| 1:05.3 | When it comes to holiday Halloween candy, |
| 1:07.2 | I'm Dr. Nakedzlon Paul, your friendly neighborhood |
| 1:09.4 | internists, gastrointestinal and of course, |
| 1:12.3 | Halloween expert. Now in 2022 if I were to ask you what's scary you'd probably tell me a variety of things that are very different than what used to happen three 400 years ago. They were worried about things like vampires, |
| 1:35.4 | demons, and you know things getting into their body that's changing them and |
| 1:39.2 | stealing their souls. Now when I go ahead and ask people what they find scary, well here are some responses. |
| 1:45.0 | Someone jumps out and tells them, hey, did you turn the stove off before you left your home? |
| 1:49.0 | Because none of us can remember to do that. |
| 1:51.0 | You get a text that simply just says, call me. Yeah, that is entirely |
| 1:55.6 | anxiety-provoking and very scary. What are some other scary things? Well, you get a message |
| 2:00.9 | from your boss that says, do you have a minute? |
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