In This Week’s Show, episode 237, we consult the star charts and find out Shea’s acute Yetism might be contagious, but only for yee-olde Europeans and anti-vaxxers.

Now, grab a beer and help us test the god hypothesis — because, while Hermes (Messenger of the Greek gods, aka Mercury, which btw is the 3rd sign of the zodiac, Gemini, which is also Twins, because stars — that’s right Steve, it’s an astrology show)  hasn’t struck us down yet, we are trying his patience!

Shea’s Life Lesson

This week I learned that the difference between an ass kisser and a brown noser is their depth perception.

Jenn’s Actual Lesson

And I’m Jenn. Did you know that, as a woman with a still functioning uterus, it’s been a scary and disheartening week.

But before we get to all that, let’s have a beer!

White by Allagash Brewing

Donated By: James & Susan

BA Link: http://bit.ly/2VJxUKr

BA Rating: 4.15/5

Style: Belgian White

ABV: 5.1%

* Aaron: 7

* Jenn: 7

* Shea: 9

* Steve: 4

New voicemail from Jessie from Jersey.

Re: Mr. Bible Pants, gave the story to Jim and we’ll get his thoughts when he can next be on… Jim?

Email from Dave

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This Week’s Show

Old Medicine Show

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With crazy medical treatments being created every day I was curious to see if there are any crazy treatments that have lasted the ages and actually work.

I’m sure you have all heard of leeches being used in ye olden times but did you know it’s still being used today? like in hospitals and by real doctors. The treatment dates back to 800 BCE when they were used in bloodletting, a practice believed to cure fevers, headaches and serious illnesses. Today leeches are used to stimulate blood circulation after skin grafts and reconstructive surgery. The leech’s saliva contains enzymes and compounds that act as an anticoagulation agent. The most prominent of these anticoagulation agents is hirudin, which binds itself to thrombins, thus, effectively inhibiting coagulation of the blood. Leeching might sound primitive but the FDA approved leeches as “medical devices” in 2004 to drain pooled blood after surgery.

Trepanation, you’ve seen this hundreds of times in horror films – the threat of having someone drill a hole into your head is scary enough. But doctors believe the practice actually serves some medical benefit. Dating back to prehistoric times, People in many areas may have thought they were releasing evil spirits from the head, but really they were reducing the damage done by a knock to the skull. The surgeries were used to remove bone shards from the head, stop bleeding on the brain, or reduce internal pressure after head trauma. Some remains had more than one hole in the skull, indicating people not only survived the first procedure, but had it done again many years later. In today’s industry, holes are drilled into the skull to relieve pressure after serious trauma to the brain has occurred. However, making a permanent hole in someone’s head isn’t a safe thing to do, and these days if a doctor makes a hole in a skull they usually replace the bone and patch it up.

We talked about leeches but how about maggots? For some reason I feel maggots are worse. Dating back to ancient times, physicians have used maggots to help clean injuries and prevent infection.