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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Sawbones: Medicine in Japanese American Concentration Camps

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.815.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week on Sawbones, we revisit a dismal period in American history that our government seems determined to repeat. Also you'll meet the heroic Japanese American doctors, nurses, dentists and other medical professionals that fought to save lives despite the fact that they themselves were prisoners. Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers

Transcript

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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.

0:25.0

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, Marital's, who are of Miss God and Medicine. I'm your co-host Justin McElroy.

1:10.0

And I'm Sydney McElroy. Justin, we're going to talk about something a little more serious than we usually do.

1:15.0

We frequently do serious episodes, Sydney. Well, at this point, I don't think that's a fair descriptor.

1:22.0

I guess there's still, I would say the exception. This one's a serious one.

1:27.0

This is among our serious episodes. I have been, because of various groups I'm on on social media, I have been kept abreast as many people have, not me alone, but specifically as a physician.

1:43.0

I receive a lot of articles about the medical crisis aspect that is happening along our southern border.

1:53.0

Obviously, there is a humanitarian crisis, a much larger issue than just the medical care.

1:59.0

But the medical piece of it is called the my attention frequently. I guess those things are probably just algorithms, surface them to the internet knows I'm a doctor.

2:10.0

Yes. Facebook specifically. Facebook knows I'm a doctor now.

2:15.0

And I've been reading a lot about the fact that we have been keeping people, human beings in facilities where they are not receiving proper or any medical care whatsoever.

2:33.0

And I know there have been a lot of court cases and legal arguments recently as to what is necessary to humanely care for humans that you are incarcerating.

2:46.0

I know that there's been a lot of news about recent arguments from our presidential administration that it is not necessary to provide soap in a humane facility that that is not part of humane treatment.

3:02.0

So I wouldn't think it happens to, but I think me and this president finally found something we disagree on.

3:09.0

This is the one thing. This is the first one of everything and hey folks, I mean that literally.

3:16.0

And you know, there, I think that if we had never done this before, I don't know.

3:25.0

I don't know. Maybe you could say there was just poor organization. People didn't know what they were doing.

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