This episode has a fun twist.  Aaron and Mike will go through the case of the famous American author and mastery of mystery and suspense, Edgar Allen Poe's.  They'll be presented with his final moments and hospital course, initially not knowing who we're talking about.  This is a bit of a look at how physicians brainstorm medical cases to come up with the most likely explanations.  This story is perfectly suited for Poe, not only because it's him, but because the mysterious nature of his end is something only he could write.  We'll do our best to figure it out for you and hope you enjoy playing along!Sources: - https://blog.oup.com/2014/10/edgar-allan-poe-death-diagnosis/- https://archive.hshsl.umaryland.edu/bitstream/handle/10713/6824/EdgarAllenPoe_1995.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y- https://cvm.missouri.edu/quoth-the-raven-it-was-actually-rabies/- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/- https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/edgar-allan-poe-death- https://www.mdhistory.org/here-at-last-he-is-happy-the-death-and-burial-of-edgar-allan-poe/Sponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

You've probably heard her name before but do you know the real story behind this infamous moniker?  The story of Typhoid Mary is a complicated one having to do with public health, an infectious disease, and impressively human stubbornness.  We'll talk about Typhoid fever, the bacteria that causes it, and how a healthy person ended up exiled to an island thanks to a winding set of circumstances.  Sources: - Journal Article: The Sad and Tragic Life of Typhoid Mary- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon- The Story of Typhoid Mary is Way Sadder Than You Think- PBS (NOVA) Documentary on YouTube: Typhoid Mary: The Most Dangerous WomanSponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

New episode this week with special guest @janeyjonesliteraryprincess who joined us to talk about her new book, "The Edinburgh Seven." It's the tale of seven women, led by the inimitable Sophia Jex-Blake who sought to become, along with her colleagues, the first women to be trained in medicine at the #universityofedinburgh. This is the story as well of the intimidation they faced during the #surgeonshallriot. Together they persevered and changed medicine for generations to come. Listen and subscribe to hear the story!Book available now in hardback HERE via Pen and Sword Books, coming soon to e-readers!  Link also available through our website.Sponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

These two titans of medical history were contemporaries whose scientific sparring was as interesting as it was helpful.  By butting heads over topics in microbiology,  Robert Koch and Louis Pasteur, used a rivalry to further our understanding of infectious disease and both contributed greatly to mitigating the impact that so many different microbes have on humankind.  This week's episode was excellently researched by Patrick Kelly, one of our returning guests.  An exceptional educator in his own right, we encourage all of our listeners to go over to the newer iteration of his YouTube Channel, @PatKellyTeaches now focusing on, of all things, medical history!  And if you're in the mood to learn more about anatomy and physiology topics, his other channel @Corporis is still available as well.  Give him a follow and check out his video on this topic: The History of Germ Theory.Sponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of historic proportions.  Not only is it still around, infecting an estimated 10+million people in 2021 alone, but in a prior era, in Victorian England, having tuberculosis became something of a fashion achievement, believe it or not.  In this episode, we'll explore how having this awful and deadly disease--especially in a time before antibiotics--became almost desirable in a twisted way.  From corsets to fainting to so much more!   ReferencesGlobal Tubercolosis Report 2021 (WHO): https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240037021Consumptive Chic: A history of beauty, fashion, and disease, by Carolyn A. Day https://a.co/d/iMsua1kThoracic Society Stop TB Plan: https://stoptb.org/assets/documents/global/plan/GlobalPlanToEndTB_TheParadigmShift_2016-2020_StopTBPartnership.pdfA starting place for Emily Bronte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bront%C3%AB#AdulthoodVoluminous PDF on the sanitarium movement: https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/cbmh.23.2.457Kaz Rowe the YouTuber breaks down TB’s effects on Edwardian fashion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwJ7xovktGUWikipedia on Tuberculosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis#PreventionEngland’s Science Museum blog post on TB fashion: https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/tuberculosis-a-fashionable-disease/Sponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

This episode will be a deviation from our normal format.  Unfortunately, the entire episode we'd recorded for release this week was lost to the cyberspace aether.  A whole episode just gone from existence.  Discovering this with no time to re-record, we decided to release something previously unheard: a Poor Historians Podcast pilot episode.We had played with several formats for the show and this episode was one such project.  It's a brief radio drama about Dr. William Beaumont, a famous surgeon, who happened to treat a fur trader named Alexis St. Martin for a gunshot wound to the abdomen.  St. Martin did not die from the wound, but instead a permanent channel grew between his abdominal skin and the inside of his stomach, medically called a "fistula".  This was a window into his stomach (literally) and Dr. Beaumont used this opportunity to study how the stomach worked in digestion and its other general duties.  In this episode, we imagined what it would have been like to use a time machine to travel to the early 19th century to see how this unfolded in real time.We'll be back in two weeks with a regular episode, but hopefully our fans and new listeners find this a fun departure.  The alternative was no episode and that would make us sad.  Enjoy a very new Aaron, Max, and Mike with then just unboxed microphones, fumbling around a story in medical history.Sponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

As the resident Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.) on this podcast, Max will lead his MD colleagues through an examination of the roots of osteopathic medicine from its founding by Andrew Taylor Still, its quest to re-define medicine, and its eventual growth into the medical profession it is today.  If you've ever wondered why some doctors have D.O. after their name, this episode will hopefully explain it all.  This is one of those stories in medical history that does have a happy ending, in our humble opinion.Sources:https://books.google.com/books?id=H08EAAAAMBAJ&q=andrew+taylor+still+lightning+bone+setter&pg=PA108#v=snippet&q=andrew%20taylor%20still%20lightning%20bone%20setter&f=false (Life article about AT Still)https://quackwatch.org/chiropractic/rb/bcc/8-2/ (Farrell comments on osteopathy)https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22331804/ (DOs not able to serve in WWI and WWII as docs).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopathic_medicine_in_the_United_States#History (General overview)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Taylor_Still (AT Still’s life overview)https://www.amboss.com/us/knowledge/Cranial_osteopathy/ (Cranial stuff)https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/4/e053468 (Summary of research on OMT)https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33512391/ (OMT use in US nowadays)https://www.aacom.org/become-a-doctor/about-osteopathic-medicine/history-of-ome (timeline of notable DO historical events)-------Sponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

We'll look inward this week to talk about the history of our own specialty as emergency physicians.  People may not be aware that the practice of emergency medicine is relatively new in the house of medicine.  Before the 1970's the ER was a very different place as you'll find out.  Link to documentary called 24/7/365 on the topic discussed in episode (courtesy of EMRA - the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association): https://www.emra.org/about-emra/publications/legacy-documentary/#247365documentarySources:https://www.annemergmed.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0196-0644%2804%2901836-0https://www.acep.org/static/globalassets/resources/content/horizontal-timeline/index.htmlhttps://www.history.com/news/americans-once-avoided-the-hospital-at-all-costs-until-ers-changed-thathttps://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=ymtdlSponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

With the success of "The Last of Us" show, we thought we'd take some time to look at historically important cases of fungal infection.  We'll investigate a possible explanation for all those witch trials of yesteryear as well as a common childhood fungal infection that accounted for quite the degree of social upheaval in Victorian England.  Also, we'll have our first entry in Mike's mailbag segment.  Tune in to see if he gets the question correct. Full show notes on our website.References:https://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/2020a-kainz-microbial-cell/ overview of Fungal infections, Kainz et. al., 2020 (linked in BBC article)https://www.bbc.com/news/health-64402102 BBC Health article about The Last of Ushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials Wikipedia page on Salem Witch Trialshttps://arstechnica.com/science/2019/07/study-zombie-ant-death-grip-comes-from-muscle-contractions-not-the-brain/ Ars Technica blog post on Cordycepshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/01/20/cordyceps-fungus-last-of-us-hbo/ WaPo article on climate change related to the showhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/#:~:text=The%20Salem%20witch%20trials%20occurred,accused%20and%20compensated%20their%20families Smithsonian Salem Witch Trials articlehttps://www.vox.com/2015/10/29/9620542/salem-witch-trials-ergotism Vox article on Ergotism in the trialshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898692/ mirror neuron review articleSponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...

There are many misconceptions and myths surrounding the death of the great magician and skeptic, Harry Houdini.  Though many believe he may have died during one of his dangerous escape performances, the truth leads to a common diagnosis with a possible uncommon and unusual cause.    FYI: Full show notes will be posted to our website.Sources: -https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/death-escape-artist-harry-houdini-appendicitis-surgery/-https://cbc.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/02012014-AS.pdf-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini#Death-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28673696/ -https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cris/2021/6667873/-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20513274/ Sponsor: Artery InkUse promo code LISTENTOPHP at Artery Ink's website to save 10%* on your order of $35 or more and show support for our show as well as for a homegrown, wonderful local company. Artery Ink specializes in apparel and decor inspired by anatomy and the human body. Whether you're in the field of healthcare or not, Artery Ink has something that will definitely appeal to you so go and check them out! (*Discount code does not apply to subscription boxes)Submissions for Mike's Trivia Challenge Segment:-We invite our audience to submit medical history trivia questions (with or without a supporting article) to see if Mike happens to know the answer off the top of his head.-If Mike is wrong we'll award you your very own medical eponym so that you can join us in becoming a part of medical history.-Submit through our website, social media DMs, or via e-mail: [email protected] Links:-Linktree (reviews/ratings/social media links): linktr.ee/poorhistorianspod-Merch Site: https://www.teepublic.com/user/poor-historians-pod...