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10: Morbid Medicine & Entrepreneurial Nonsense
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Not Quite Normal by Kailee & Michael
Episode notes
This week, Kailee takes us on a horrifying tour of history’s worst medical treatments — ever wondered who thought drilling holes in skulls would cure headaches? Or why leeches were the 18th-century equivalent of a multivitamin? Prepare to be grossed out and amused. Then Michael introduces us to Timothy Dexter, the wildly unqualified millionaire who somehow succeeded at everything… completely by accident. If you like your history weird, morbid, and slightly unhinged — this episode is for you.
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