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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

St John's Wort

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.815.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A somewhat invasive plant with yellow flowers named after John the Baptist has been used for centuries as a kind of cure all. Dr. Sydnee will lead you through a history of its many applications, what it’s used for today, and explain what exactly is a wort.

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.

0:24.0

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, a marital tour of misguided medicine. I'm your co-host Justin McElroy.

1:12.0

And I'm Sydney McElroy.

1:13.0

What a thrill it is to be here, said. I'm so excited to be recording this episode with you.

1:17.0

I am too, except the weather is starting to get nice again outside. Can we start recording outside or will that interrupt you?

1:24.0

You want to do it out in the quad? Can we record out on the quad today?

1:29.0

Hey, hey, Proth. Hey, Proth, can we do our podcast out on the quad?

1:33.0

Because the problem is that we start shooting double sticks three feet from you and you get a bunch of in the mic's the whole time.

1:39.0

That's not pleasant. That's true.

1:40.0

I mean, it's time for me to turn my crew into cats in the cradle five feet away from you.

1:44.0

No, thanks.

1:45.0

Well, and I have to imagine that we're like hidden in this tiny room in our house with all of this like padding on the walls for a reason.

1:54.0

Some sort of sound related quality reason and not just this is not just like your design aesthetic.

1:59.0

No, I have no, they're from their very important scientific purpose that I definitely would notice the absence of or these sound panel and not here.

2:09.0

Definitely.

2:10.0

Okay. So that takes out.

2:11.0

Exactly, but they're doing basically.

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