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Rub Some Dirt In It
By ReachMDMedicine
Rub Some Dirt In It episodes
- Messy Labs, Major Breakthroughs: The Happy Accidents That Shaped Modern MedicineHost: Marshall Miller
From a messy Petri dish to laughing gas parties, medical history is full of accidents that worked out better than anyone expected. Marshall Miller shares how forgotten experiments, strange discoveries, and even a confused beagle led to breakthroughs like penicillin, x-rays, and insulin.
3 min - Death by Planet? Strange Diagnoses from 1632 London’s Medical RecordsHost: Marshall Miller
Step into 17th-century London, where the medical field was less science and more superstition. In this episode of Rub Some Dirt in It, Marshall Miller dives into the quirky and sometimes downright absurd causes of death listed in 1632. From “King’s Evil,” supposedly cured by royal touch, to “Cut of the Stone” surgery without anesthesia, history shows just how far medicine has come.
3 min - A Wee History Lesson on UroscopyHost: Marshall Miller
Relieve yourself of any curiosity surrounding the history of uroscopy with our whiz-bang host Marshall Miller.
2 min - Curious Cases in Care: Can You Guess the Diagnosis?Host: Marshall Miller
This episode of Rub Some Dirt in It is getting curiouser and curiouser. See if you can solve these two cases before host Marshall Miller reveals the rare and unexpected diagnoses.
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About Rub Some Dirt In It
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Rub Some Dirt In It takes a humorous look into the people, events, folklore, and inventions that shaped medical history. In a field pioneered by some of the greatest minds of all time, some popular ideas and practices... didn't quite cut the medical mustard. This series spotlights some of those practices that time forgot: partially to prevent history from repeating itself, partially to illuminate so-called 'primitive' approaches that actually worked, and wholly to entertain modern practitioners.
Because when all else fails, you can always...