Many men tried to claim the invention of anesthesia as their own. It didn't work out well for any of them.

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What does every wild west shootout in every movie you've ever seen have to do with the history of anesthesia? You'll find out in the cold open! Then, stick around for the rest.

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The war between humanity and its oldest, archest of enemies: pain.

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He was the most beautiful man in the history of Athens. And he nearly destroyed it.

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Until recently, our understanding of where babies came from was hazy. Which made it easy for a certain class of hucksters to make up crazy stuff about them.

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We're remaking one of the all-time classic Constant episodes, this time with decent audio!

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Did a woman secretly manage to become pope, only to be revealed by a badly mistimed labor in the streets of Rome? Probably not! But it's gonna be fun figuring it out for sure!

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Did a cross-dressing woman manage to worm her way into the papacy, and was she discovered when she gave birth on the street? Lots of people believe and have believed in the Legend of Pope Joan. We're taking a two part dive into the history.

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Find Historical Blindness at https://www.historicalblindness.com/ or wherever you listen to this podcast. We'll be back with a new year of new episodes in two weeks.

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They celebrate the season a little differently down at The British Medical Journal.

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