• Episode 77: Radioactive Quackery and an Amphibious Infant

  • Sep 2 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
  • Podcast

Episode 77: Radioactive Quackery and an Amphibious Infant

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    On this episode, Ellie takes us to her Chemistry class to learn about isotopes and radioactive "cures" for illness throughout the years. Then, Abby talks about an...interesting experiment on a poor innocent baby by some mad man who (incorrectly) assumed that babies were amphibious and couldn't drown. Oh, you have follow up questions? Listen and find out what we're talking about!

    CW: Ellie: Medical trauma, illness, death, decay
    Abby: Animal cruelty, child abuse

    We're Drinking:

    Abby: Gin and juice
    Ellie: Water (she wasn't feeling well in this one, folks! Poor thing!)

    Sources:

    Ellie: CDC, EPA, JAMA Dermatology, WSJ, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the BBC, WaPo

    Abby:
    The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris


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