{"product_id":"the-sawbones-book-justin-mcelroy-9781681883816","title":"The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered drilling a hole in your head to deal with those pesky headaches? Probably not. But for thousands of years, people have done things like this--and things that make radioactive underpants seem downright sensible! In their hit podcast, Sawbones, Sydnee and Justin McElroy breakdown the weird and wonderful way we got to modern healthcare. And some of the terrifying detours along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery week, Dr. Sydnee McElroy and her husband Justin amaze, amuse, and gross out (depending on the week) hundreds of thousands of avid listeners to their podcast, \u003ci\u003eSawbones\u003c\/i\u003e. Consistently rated a top podcast on iTunes, with over 15 million total downloads, this rollicking journey through thousands of years of medical mishaps and miracles is not only hilarious but downright educational. While you may never even consider applying boiled weasel to your forehead (once the height of sophistication when it came to headache cures), you will almost certainly face some questionable medical advice in your everyday life (we're looking at you, raw water!) and be better able to figure out if this is a miracle cure (it's not) or a scam. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Table of Contents: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePart 1: The Unnerving\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Resurrection Men\u003cbr\u003e Opium\u003cbr\u003e An Electrifying Experience\u003cbr\u003e Weight Loss\u003cbr\u003e Charcoal\u003cbr\u003e The Black Plague\u003cbr\u003e Pliny the Elder\u003cbr\u003e Erectile Dysfunction\u003cbr\u003e Spontaneous Combustion\u003cbr\u003e The Doctor Is In \u003cbr\u003e Trepanation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePart II: The Gross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mummy Medicine\u003cbr\u003e Mercury\u003cbr\u003e The Guthole Bromance\u003cbr\u003e A Piece of Your Mind\u003cbr\u003e The Unkillable Phineas Gage\u003cbr\u003e Phrenology\u003cbr\u003e The Man Who Drank Poop\u003cbr\u003e Robert Liston\u003cbr\u003e Urine Luck!\u003cbr\u003e Radium\u003cbr\u003e Humorism\u003cbr\u003e The Doctor Is In\u003cbr\u003e The Straight Poop \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePart III: The Weird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Dancing Plague\u003cbr\u003e Curtis Howe Springer\u003cbr\u003e Smoke 'Em if You Got ?m\u003cbr\u003e A Titanic Case of Nausea\u003cbr\u003e Arsenic\u003cbr\u003e Paracelsus\u003cbr\u003e Honey\u003cbr\u003e Self-Experimentation\u003cbr\u003e Homeopathy\u003cbr\u003e The Doctor Is In \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePart IV: The Awesome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Poison Squad\u003cbr\u003e Bloodletting\u003cbr\u003e Death by Chocolate\u003cbr\u003e John Harvey Kellogg \u003cbr\u003e Parrot Fever\u003cbr\u003e Detox\u003cbr\u003e Vinegar\u003cbr\u003e Polio Vaccine\u003cbr\u003e The Doctor Is In\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin McElroy, Sydnee McElroy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681883813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681883816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Weldon Owen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.90w x 1.10d","brand":"Justin McElroy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050566906111,"sku":"9781681883816","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57db6a31-0d8a-48b4-912a-cf9c62ffc5b7.jpg?v=1685007994","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sawbones-book-justin-mcelroy-9781681883816","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}