Sawbones: Renaissance Medicine

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Sawbones brings you a studio version of the show at the ye olde Harmony House Renaissance Faire. Justin and Dr. Sydnee talk about how medicine evolved in the Renaissance beyond what passed for scientific theories during the middle ages including the four humours, alchemy, and the real cause of syphilis (insulting the sun god). Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ Center for Reproductive Rights: https://reproductiverights.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.
0:07.3	It's for fun.
0:08.9	Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?
0:14.3	We think you've earned it.
0:15.9	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.
0:30.7	One, two, one, two, three, four. We came across a pharmacy with us a windows blast it out.
0:52.6	We pushed on through the broken glass and had ourselves a look around. The medicines, the medicines. see with its a window blasted out Hello everybody and welcome to sawbone.
0:55.0	Hello everybody, hear ye hear ye, hear ye, welcome to Saw everybody. Hear ye, hear ye.
1:12.5	Here you, hear you.
1:13.6	Welcome to Sawbones,
1:15.9	a marital tour of yield misguided medicine.
1:18.8	I am thine co-host,
1:24.4	Master Justin McElroy, his liege, Duke of Science.
1:26.1	And I'm Sidney McRoy.
1:26.7	Wow.
1:27.9	Wow. Wow.
1:31.8	You absolutely left me to dangle.
1:32.3	I did.
1:32.9	I did.
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