The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
This is a show for all the nerdy medical history people.
Three modern emergency physicians and their show's "medical history intern" take a lighthearted, humorous quest through various stories in the history of medicine. Topics from ancient times to recent history, all related to important advancements, people, or discoveries in the history of medicine.
New episodes every two weeks!
The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
We've had many requests for this topic over the years and Dr. Aaron finally took charge of it. We'll explore the crossroads of medical history and medical ethics as it applies to the case of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman who's peculiar tumor cells lived on to be the source of numerous medical discoveries--albeit without her permission.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumoencephalography
- After-effects of pneumoencephalography: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC494289/pdf/jnnpsyc00199-0152.pdf
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dandy
- Wayback Machine Baltimore Paper story: https://web.archive.org/web/20040814160109/http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=3426
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_vRegentsof_the_University_of_California
- For further reading, link to Rebecca Skloot’s book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-rebecca-skloot/586117?ean=9781400052189
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