Sawbones

A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to beWondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Ever considered drilling a hole in your head to deal with those pesky headaches? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility?

But for thousands of years, people have done things like this--and things that make radioactive underpants seem downright sensible In their hit podcast, Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin McElroy breakdown the weird and wonderful way we got to modern healthcare. Probably not. And some of the terrifying detours along the way.Every week, Dr.

Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin amaze, amuse, and gross out (depending on the week) hundreds of thousands of avid listeners to their podcast, Sawbones. Consistently rated a top