Hey everyone, as a special bonus today's episode is an excerpt from my new book, The Ice Pick

Surgeon, which comes out July 13th.

The Ice Pick Surgeon takes a look at scientists throughout history who got so obsessed with

some topic or idea that they went way too far in pursuing it, trampling ethical boundaries

and often committing crimes in the name of science.

In short, the book fuses all the elicit thrill of true crime stories with the wonder of

scientific discovery, and it's my most gripping book yet.

So I hope you can pre-order a copy of The Ice Pick Surgeon today.

Also, as a reminder, this is the final episode in the disappearing spoons first great season

with the Science History Institute.

We'll be back in the fall with more episodes.

In the meantime, for your science history fix, check out the Science History Institute's

flagship podcast called Distillations at distillations.org.

Now on with today's episode.

According to legend, America's first anatomy riot started with a crass joke.

It was a spring afternoon in 1788.

A medical student at New York's General Hospital was dissecting a woman's body and a lab

there, cutting into her arm with a scalpel.

Suddenly, he realized he wasn't alone.

A gang of boys was peeking into the window, gawking wide-eyed at a real-life dead person.

Not again.

They're gaping annoyed the student who wanted to work in peace.

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