Blood and Crystals: A 1990's Medical Mystery Case
In the 1990's a curious thing happened. When a patient arrived very ill to the emergency department, doctors and nurses were astonished to find crystals in her blood with a foul odor. Why were they ...
31 Aug 202357min
Unjust Desserts: Illness vs Ill-Will in 1920's New York City
This is a historic episode. We'd like to welcome the newest addition to the Poor Historians Podcast crew, the exceptionally talented and enthusiastic new medical history intern, Alba! This is her fi...
17 Aug 20231h 3min
Heart Disease: The Mavericks - from the book, The Masters of Medicine, with author, Dr. Andrew Lam
Esteemed retinal surgeon and accomplished author, Dr. Andrew Lam joined us on the show to discuss multiple foundational stories to explain how modern cardiology came to be. This comes from a chapter ...
3 Aug 20231h 6min
The Medical Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe's Demise
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 moment...
20 Juli 20231h 10min
Typhoid Mary - The Story of Salmonella and Mary Mallon
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 diseas...
6 Juli 202351min
"The Edinburgh Seven - The Story of the First Women in Medicine" with Guest, Janey Jones.
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-Bla...
22 Juni 20231h 9min
Koch v. Pasteur - Germs, Postulates, and Egos (with Special Guest, Patrick Kelly)
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, u...
8 Juni 20231h 11min
Tuberculosis Chic: The Most Fashionable Disease of the Victorian Era
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 tu...
25 Maj 20231h 2min
