Stab Yourself to Health and Happiness: The Bizarre Rise of the Lebensweker
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
When a bug bit German inventor Carl Baunscheidt, he was struck with an epiphany of sorts -- could 'venting' the human body through the creation of artificial pores (today known as puncture wounds) allow a person to rid themselves of various diseases and medical infections? Tune in to learn more about the runaway success of Carl's handy, weirdly popular Lebensweker, or Life Awakener.
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| 2:00.8 | Welcome back to the show Ridiculous Historians, thank you as always so much for tuning in. |
| 2:07.3 | Today's episode has some graphic body stuff involved. |
| 2:16.8 | I think it's well intentioned, but just so you know, this is a bit of a gross episode |
| 2:22.6 | today. |
| 2:23.6 | Anyway, I'm Ben. |
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