The beetches talk about some super crazy and incredibly unsafe medical practices of the past. You might want to drill a hole in your own skull after listening to this one! If that’s a step too far, maybe try blowing some smoke up your bum instead. Also, are tarantulas just spider hamsters, or something far more sinister? Let us know which side you’re on in the most epic arachnid debate (so far) of 2021!

Rachel's Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_smoke_enema

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_hysteria

Sam's Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning
• https://www.boredpanda.com/weird-old-medical-treatments/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
• https://www.healthline.com/health/diet-and-weight-loss/tapeworm-diet
• https://bonesdontlie.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/new-morbid-terminology-corpse-medicine/#:~:text=Corpse%20medicine%2C%20or%20medical%20cannibalism,organ%20transplant%20and%20blood%20transfusions.&text=This%20medicine%20wasn't%20just,was%20a%20hot%20medical%20commodity.
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/