Sawbones: King of Sting

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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A dovetail from last week’s episode, Dr. Sydnee and Justin talk about the official pain scale of insect stings, all compiled by Justin O. Schmidt. So who was this Justin, how did his research contribute to science, and did he really get stung by all these insects to make a non-objective scale? (Answer: yes). Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Immigrant Defenders Law Center: https://www.immdef.org/

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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
0:52.0	pushed on through the broken glass And had ourselves a look around
0:56.0	The medicines, the medicines
0:58.0	That I scall and macaw for the mouth
1:01.0	Hello everybody and welcome to
1:06.0	Sawbones
1:08.0	Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine
1:09.0	I'm your co-host, Justin McElroy.
1:11.0	And I'm Sydney McElroy.
1:13.4	Justin.
1:14.2	Yes, Sid.
1:14.7	I'm so grateful for our listeners.
1:16.4	Oh, yeah, me too.
1:17.4	They make our entire way of life possible, and I care about them all a great deal.
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