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Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

The U.S. Surgeon General

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

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

4.815.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

A new presidential administration means a new U.S. Surgeon General, so this week on Sawbones, we're examining exactly what that means. Are they a general? Why do they get to tell us what to do? And why do they care so much about sailor health?

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 Miss guided medicine. I'm your co-host Justin McAroy.

1:11.0

And I'm Sydney McAroy.

1:13.0

And I'm Justin McAroy and today we're going to talk about medicine and the way it impacts us.

1:19.0

I'm a thing. I'm a thing. You're a thing. You're a thing. You're a thing. You're a thing. You didn't know. You have to workshop this stuff with me ahead of time.

1:26.0

Welcome to HealthWalk. No, no, we're not changing the name. And that would be a whole other podcast. No.

1:34.0

Sydney, tell me what we're going to talk about because I left my special blue-blocking sunglasses that I'm a flower that can't look at a screen for half hour while we record this podcast without my special glasses.

1:45.0

So tell me what we're talking about. For us medical professionals out there who have to stare at a screen to do an EMR all day. We are short on sympathy.

1:53.0

So Justin, the first thing I want to get out of the way before we start the show. I'm back. What did I miss? Take it from the top.

1:59.0

Is surgeons general? Sturgeon general.

2:05.0

Not surgeon generals. Surgeons general. I believe that is accurate.

2:11.0

What if we all just as a society got together and said surgeon general sounds better and we should just do that?

2:19.0

Well, I think I'm basing that off of I don't hear that corrected as much as attorneys general. Yes.

2:25.0

That one I hear. So do something about the landscape we've been living in the past few years.

2:30.0

I also think and this is this is me a doctor making a joke. So please before lawyers attack me. I also think it just speaks to the fact that

2:39.0

doctors just go whatever I don't know and move on and attorneys are much more likely to be I'm sorry. Excuse me.

2:47.0

I this was aimed at Riley. But in attorney Riley who would definitely correct me and say I think you mean attorneys general not attorney general's Sydney.

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