The Sawbones Book

A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be Wondering 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.Every 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, Sawbones 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 Table of Contents Part One The Unnerving The Resurrection Men Fun w Galvanism Weird Weight Loss Miracle Cure Opium Black Plague Heroes of Misguided Medicine Pliny the Elder Erectile Dysfunction The Doctor Is In Listener Questions Answered Don t Drill a Hole in Your HeadPart Two The Gross Mummy Medicine The Guthole Bromance The Unkillable Phineas Gage Max Drank Poopy Water Heroes of Misguided Medicine Robert Liston Golden Showers of Health Miracle Cure All Radium Dr John Romulus Brinkley The Doctor Is In QA Just Four Humour Me The Camel Dung MiraclePart Three The Weird The Dancing Plague Bad Medicine Tobacco for Health The Seasick Proof Saloon Miracle Cure All Vinegar The Doctor Is In QA Heroes of Misguided MedicinePart Four The Awesome The Poison Squad Bad Medicine Self Experimentation Eat Your Chocolate Heroes of Misguided Medicine Parrot Fever Miracle Cure All Honey The Miraculous Polio Vaccine The Doctor Is In Read The Sawbones Book Author Justin McElroy – kino-fada.fr The content of this book is great Sydnee and Justin s contrasting takes on Kellogg was one of the funniest things I ve ever read, and Teylor s art is wonderful But I had bought this book to give to my brother, a doctor, as a Christmas gift, and I just can t do it not because the book is so good and I want to keep it for myself my original fear , but because it is so obviously unfinished that it feels insulting.To call the writing a rough draft is generous Almost every page contains missp The content of this book is great Sydnee and Justin s contrasting takes on Kellogg was one of the funniest things I ve ever read, and Teylor s art is wonderful But I had bought this book to give to my brother, a doctor, as a Christmas gift, and I just can t do it not because the book is so good and I want to keep it for myself my original fear , but because it is so obviously unfinished that it feels insulting.To call the writing a rough draft is generous Almost every page contains misspellings, grammatical errors, duplicate words, page placeholders, and other mi...I really enjoy this book It s very much like the podcast, which I also enjoy However, there are a lot of problems with the book itself There are many, many typos, which are distracting The paper is sturdy, but to the point where it was difficult to turn pages because they kept sticking together Finally, towards the end, the pages stick together, and then skip I think I am missing some pages, but I can t return the book for the missing pages because I got it signed by the writers and illust I really enjoy this book It s ve...I loved reading this book It s funny and informative The only reason this book didn t get 5 stars is because there were some major editing errors Hopefully the typos all get fixed in the second printing.If you re a fan of the podcast, you won t be disappointed in the content of the book I laughed out loudly at every sectionthan once That being said, I had to take a star away for the poor editing and construction of the book itself The spelling, grammatical, and typesetting errors are extremely distracting to the point I had to stop trying to read and set the book aside for several days before continuing Hopef...I m not sure what I expected from this book but it exceeded those expectations There are a few typos but the book is so interesting that it well makes up for it I was inspired to start listening to the podcast thanks to the book and would also strongly recommend that.It s kind of like the grown up version of those gross science books you re supposed to give to preteen and teenage boys when they re growing up because apparently boogers are the only way to introduce them to loving science or whatever That being said, I love Justin and Sydnee and I m proud ...In terms of content, this book was wonderful Funny, informative, and descriptive enough that I had to put it down several times to let the nausea pass I fully expect that I ll pull this back off the shelf occasionally when I suddenly have an urge to remember why people kept eating other people s skulls.I hate to call out an editor, especially one the author s liked enough to thank by name at the end, but, my friend, this is not your finest work Or, at least, I really hope not It s not weir In terms of content, this book was wonderful Funny, informative, and descriptive enough that I had to put it down several times to let the nausea pass I fully expect that I ll pull this back off the shelf occasionally when I suddenly have an urge to remember why people kept eating other people s skulls.I hate to call out an editor, especially one the author s liked enough to thank by name at the end, but, my friend, this is not your finest work Or, at least, I really hope not It s not weird for a first printing to have typos, but these were just a bit ...This is my favorite podcast, so I was excited to get my hands on this book Unfortunately it fell a little flat First, if you listen to the podcast or enjoy medical history this book is not going to add to you knowledge That isn t a negative Just be aware that it sof an introduction to the subject than an immersion into it Second, the podcast is hilarious the book not so much The dynamic the two authors have verbally doesn t translate well into the written word I ve experienced the This is my favorite podcas...This book was just as fun as listening to the podcast I loved the amount of personality that came through in the writing the little asides really felt like listening to Justin and Sydnee The art was also wonderful, and it was really cool that it was really a McElroy Smirl family production The one thing that really bugged me, however, was the amount of typos nothing that really changed the meaning, but things like the names of historical figures being spelled differently in the same para This book was just as fun as listening to the podcast I loved the amount of personality that came through in the writing the little asides really felt like listening to Justin and Sydnee The art was also wonderful, and it was really cool that it was really a McElroy Smirl family production The one thing that really bugged me, however, was the amo...This book is fantastic It is funny, informative, and everything that you would expect from listening to the podcast It reads like a series of magazine articles, so don t expect a terribly deep dive into any one topic But for your money they cover a ton of interesting topics through thousands of years of medicine I highly recommend this book if you enjoy humorous, dark history The only reason I couldn t give this book five stars is the awful editing and typesetting Expect...

• 23 October 2017
Justin McElroy
• Hardcover
• 216 pages
• 1681883813
• Justin McElroy
• The Sawbones Book