Sawbones: Body Temperature

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week on Sawbones, things are getting hot! Well, no, come to think of it, they’re doing the opposite. They’re getting colder. And by “they” we mean “we.” We’re getting colder, all of us. Probably. What should you do about it? Nothing. For now, you’ll just have to -- wait for it -- chill.

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0:00.0	Sawbones 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.
0:25.0	Alright, time 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 Sawbones, a mayoral tour of misguided medicine. I'm your co-host, Macaroid.
1:10.0	And I'm Sydney Macaroid. You know, there's certain constants in life that you tend to depend on.
1:15.0	Consonants, like in the alphabet. Yeah, like Q and S. I like that one.
1:21.0	S is a good one. A lot of S's out there. Have you been seeing this? A lot of S's. Yeah. No constants that you depend on.
1:31.0	Things in the university. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
1:35.0	Like Desmond. Like Desmond, you're constant. Yes, exactly. Lost humor. Just.
1:41.0	There's somebody out there who appreciated that. There are two people who are loving this right now.
1:47.0	But in medicine, which is always evolving, there's there's constant. Constance you rely on.
1:53.0	And but recently one of those has been upended your time.
1:58.0	Yes, that's true. You've probably seen there's been a lot of articles in the news recently that we have certain things that we always know to be true about the human body.
2:07.0	There's so much we don't know and we talked about that a lot on the show that there's so many things that we still sort of understand, but not really.
2:14.0	But we have relied on the fact that the inside of your mouth is a steamy 98.6 degrees. What commercial is that?
2:22.0	I don't like a gum one. Probably.
2:24.0	Anyway, we have relied on the idea that that that is the human body temperature. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
2:31.0	37 degrees Celsius in case you're a fan of Celsius.
2:36.0	I always remember it with the band 98 degrees and six degrees of Kevin Bacon. So 98 degrees.
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