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Episode 61: Etymologies

28 Mar, 2021  in Podcasts  tagged CVA / etymology / johns hopkins / leeches / osler / rounds / stroke by AdamRodman

  Words matter. At its best, etymology gives us insight not only into the origins of words, but why they remain so important today, especially in medicine, where we’ve been accruing jargon for millennia. In this episode, we’re delving into four specific words — doctor, cerebrovascular accident, rounds, and zebras.  […]

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Episode 38: Blood on the Tracks (PopMed #2)

9 Sep, 2018  in Podcasts  tagged bloodletting / epidemiology / epistemology / french revolution / history / Laennec / leeches / louis / paris clinical school by AdamRodman

  The first population study in history was born out of a dramatic debate involving leeches, “medical vampires,” professional rivalries, murder accusations, and, of course, bloodletting, all in the backdrop of the French Revolution. The second of a multipart series on the development of population medicine, this episode contextualizes Pierre […]

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