Disease Death and Doctors
This is a storytelling podcast that discusses the NON-chronological history of medicine (Because going in order sucks). A discussion of diseases, discoveries, and the doctors that left their mark (and sometimes scar) on the field of medicine. Things are going to get weird. Episodes released twice monthly for your auditory consumption. Music: The Road (Punk Rock Opera). Tom Podell (digital alteration of Wellcome Library historical watercolor CC by 4.0)
Episodes
30 episodes
Ambroise Pare. Barber. Surgeon.
Doctor John and Doctor Guy chit chat about the great Ambroise Pare. The French Barber Surgeon whose tight fades and man perms could only be out done by his battlefield surgical prowess and ingenious prosthesis designs. This rousing ...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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38:36
Chagas Disease. It's worse than cooties.
Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss Chagas Disease and the "Kissing Bug." Nothing says "I love you" like a parasitic infection caused by a bug that defecates near your mouth after it kisses (bites) you.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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35:33
Doctor Daniel Hale Williams. Fixing Broken Hearts since 1893
The honorable doctor John and less honorable doctor Guy bask in the greatness of Doctor Daniel Hale Williams, the only African-American selected as a charter member to the American College of Surgeons and the man, the myth, the legend, credited...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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40:05
Marco. Polio.
The honorable Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss their 5th favorite Olympic sport... Polio, as well as the worlds last great vaccination victory. Virus eradication is sweet! (Iron Lungs... less sweet)
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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46:11
Doctoring on the Oregon Trail. You have dysentery. Again.
Doctor John and Doctor Guy roll their wagon wheel along the Oregon Trail as they describe the dangers and maladies of the 2170 mile long journey as well as the unfortunate paucity of medical interventions available to the average traveler. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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37:53
William "The King of Surgery" Halsted. Toot. Toot.
The honorable doctor John and the less honorable doctor Guy dive into one of the classic medical history origin stories, that of the great William Stewart Halsted. One of the original Johns Hopkins "Big Four," a visionary surgeon and refo...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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42:59
Would anyone like a DEET and Tonic with their Malaria?
Doctor John and Doctor Guy wade into a swampy mosquito infested marsh to discuss plasmodium falciparum and malaria in all its historical glory. Damn you mosquitos, you could have spread something good, like "the word" or even "Christmas C...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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47:51
That's Mass Hysterical. Not all uteri who wander are lost.
Doctor John and Doctor Guy attempt to navigate the strange world of Mass Hysteria. The discussion of the now antiquated term, Hysteria, begins with its misogynistic past and will finish with some of the more bizarre cultural examples of h...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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41:52
Wait... Anthrax isn't just the name of a heavy metal band!?
Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss our favorite neighborhood deadly spore, Anthrax! The gang will attempt to pronounce the generic names of various monoclonal antibody treatments... AND will discuss the history of "Death Island!!" aka Ant...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:17
Scurvy. RRRRRR. The harrowing tale of limes and seamen (Or... seamen and limes)
The honorable doctor John and the less honorable doctor Guy are back for a second season of perpetual digression... and of course... diseases, death, and doctors. Our dynamic duo has come out guns blazing for the season 2 premier, where t...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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43:51
Season 2 Teaser: We're Back.....
NEW Season of Disease Death and Doctors! Doctor John and Doctor Guy are back with new episodes available for your auditory digestion in mid to late October 2021. The perfect medical history podcast for fall foliage gazing, killing o...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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2:46
Yellow Fever and Napoleon's Epic Fail
In the final episode of Season I, Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss the time Napoleon "dropped the Crepe" and lost nearly 50,000 French troops in the West Indies to Yellow Fever and the army of a brilliant freed slave, L'Ouverture, ultimately ...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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31:55
The Greatest Plague of Marseille. ever.
Doctor John and Doctor Guy chat about the Great Plague of Marseille (the last of the 6 great European Plagues), as well as, Renaissance Fairs, Medieval Times, "plague piles," and giant Turkey Legs. Prepare to be enlighte...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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38:43
Rabies. Because nothing is more terrifying than water.
Dr John and Dr Guy discuss the intriguing history of Rabies. We will discuss hydrophobia, vampires, Dr John's pet bat, and the generational Bad Ass, Louis Pasteur. (As well as the "safety first" lab environment Pasteur fostered duri...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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41:33
Beast Milk and other Medical Contributions of Roman Antiquity
Doctor John and Doctor guy attempt to control their ADD as they discuss the medical contributions of Roman Antiquity. Lead catheters, bowel surgery, and beast milk help to keep things weird.
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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46:16
Greek Medicine of Antiquing. We mean Antiquity. (...A skosh better than the middle ages)
Doctors John and Guy discuss the medical contributions of Greek antiquity. A rousing conversation encompassing Hippocrates, olive oil, and rectal speculums.
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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43:03
The origin of ole' Johnny Hopkins
Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss the "storied" history of Johns Hopkins Hospital, its affiliated School of Medicine, and the official turning point of medical education in America. It turns out that if you don't marry your cousin, good ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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43:46
Bar keep, some Syphilis please. I like mine Painless. And Raised.
Doctor John and Doctor Guy shoot from the hip as they discuss the infamous history of the one of the great imitators, Syphilis, a classic STD that left its mark on man and womankind. "I mean... I'm pretty sure I got it after using that pu...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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42:03
You Got Worms! A Deep fried southern tale about nature's most badass parasite
Doctors John and Guy discuss natures most badass parasite, yes... the Hookworm, and its impact on the perception of the postbellum southern states. Fried Chicken, Potato Salad, Grits and "Ground Itch!" Also... a little outhouse trivia!
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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36:09
The other John Snow and Love in the Time of Cholera
Doctor John and Doctor Guy take a running start before plunging headfirst into the rice water filled rabbit hole that is the discussion of Cholera, John Snow, and the great London Cholera outbreak of 1854.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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39:16
Tuberculosis: TB or not TB. That is the question.
Doctors John and Guy consume themselves with a rich discussion of all things Tuberculosis. A conversation that spans the great "Lunger Migration" of the 19th century, New England Vampires, and Doc Holiday. You're Welcome.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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36:53
Smallpox: The opposite of Large Pox
Doctor John and Doctor Guy discuss "The" Smallpox, opposite of Large Pox and friend to no one! The conversation covers the historical impact of the renowned virus (It killed 500 million people in its last 100 years of existence, so, its k...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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40:32
The Red Market: "Tell him I'm very grateful. But make sure I get his good kidney"
Dr John and Dr Guy explore the short, terrifying, and intriguing history of the Red Market (aka. The Black Market... but for "Organ Trafficking"). Its a story of capitalism (on steroids), crime, and deceit... its been spectaculariz...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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36:33
That Sh!t is Cray Cray: The Insane history of the treatment of Mental Illness
Doctor John and Doctor Guy jump down the rabbit hole that is the history of mental illness and medicine, from lobotomy to "sex boxes that cure cancer," this episode will give you something to chat about around the water cooler... or the refrige...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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46:24
There's Something About... "Typhoid Mary"
Doctor Jon and Doctor Guy get cozy with the history of New York City's most infamous cook, Typhoid Mary, the world's first known asymptomatic disease carrier. If you thought a few months of quarantine was rough, try 23 years on...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:57