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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Papaya Seeds and Parasites

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.815.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

TikTok is where the kids are getting all their information on new new wellness trends, so Dr Sydnee decided to check one that’s been popping up a lot: eating Papaya seeds. The main claim is that the seeds awesomely force parasitic worms out of your body – worms you didn’t even know you had! But is there a SEED of truth in these claims?

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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 Miscited Medicine. I'm your co-host Justin Tyler McElroy.

1:13.0

And I'm Sydney Spurrell, McElroy. Why did we do middle names this time?

1:17.0

I'm Trunnel-Linded, an air of legitimacy.

1:21.0

And say in our middle names, make it legitimate. Science is under attack and who do we turn to?

1:27.0

Neil deGrasse Tyson.

1:29.0

Well, Carl.

1:32.0

Carl Carl Sagan. His name was Carl.

1:37.0

Bill. I don't know that you know that.

1:39.0

Bill, the science guy, Nye. He's got a lot of names. That's where that's where we're turning to. So I'm trying to legitimize us.

1:45.0

I usually think that the reason people might listen to me, perhaps, when it comes to matters regarding science is not so much my middle name as the doctor that comes before my name.

1:58.0

Or perhaps alternatively the MD that comes after me.

2:02.0

Very 2015 of you.

2:04.0

Oh, very 2015. Very outdated. It's all about attitude, confidence.

2:09.0

But what about the fact that I actually went and acquired the skills and knowledge and training necessary to understand and interpret this sort of?

2:18.0

You're only as good as your last name.

2:20.0

Okay.

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