Sawbones Classic: Nose Blowing

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

This cold and flu season, we're bringing you a classic episode on clearing your nasal passage correctly. Blowing your nose is maybe the only small glint of satisfaction had while having a cold or sinus infection. But is blowing your nose actually good, or even safe? Dr. Sydnee and Justin look through the history of handkerchiefs and nose-wiping to the science of what happens to your sinuses when you blow your nose in order to try and find a happy medium. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Harmony House: https://harmonyhousewv.com/

Transcript

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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.
0:07.2	It's for fun.
0:08.7	Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?
0:14.2	We think you've earned it.
0:15.8	Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.
0:22.6	You're worth it.
0:25.9	All right.
0:27.5	Tommy is about some books.
0:30.6	One, two, one, two, three, four. We came across a pharmacy with its windows blasted out.
0:52.5	Pushed on through the broken everybody and Had ourselves a look around
0:56.3	The medicines, the medicines
0:58.4	That I scallet McComb for the mouth
1:05.3	Hello everybody and welcome to sawbones,
1:08.1	A marital tour of Misguided Medicine
1:10.3	I'm your co-host Justin McElroy And I'm Sydney Macquarie. I'm so excited about this one. Welcome to Sawbones, a marital tour of misguided medicine.
1:12.6	I'm your co-host, Justin McElroy.
1:15.6	And I'm Sid, I'm so excited about this one, Sid, because... You seem punchy.
1:17.5	I am punchy, because when you found this topic, I was sitting next to you doing some business of my own, some work business.
1:25.8	You were playing a game.
1:28.3	That is a part of my job.
1:30.0	Yes, that's true, Sydney.
1:31.5	I'm a very fortunate man, but I heard you go, no.
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