Toxic History!

by Adam Blumenberg MD

History Medicine

Season 1

The Ordeal Bean

Dr. Laurén Murphy discusses the history of physostigmine - from bean to medicine.

The mysterious intermittent history of the fentanyl epidemics

Dr. Stephanie Weiss describes the history of the fentanyl epidemics in the USA.

Toxic Grains

Dr. Peter Akpunonu discusses the history of the toxic grain disaster in Iraq.

The Chicago Tylenol Murders

Dr. Alan Woolf discusses the toxicological history of the Chicago Tylenol Murders.

The Toxic Woman

Dr. Alex Harding describes the history of "The Toxic Woman."

Toxicology and Classical Music

Dr. Sing-Yi Feng discusses the toxic history of classical music with guest host Dr. Keahi Horowitz.

Birds, Brains, and Beri Beri

Dr. Joshua Bloom tells the history of the Nobel-prize winning research that led to the cure for Beri Beri.

The Angel Makers of Nagyrev

Dr. David Loughran discusses the history of the Angel Makers of Nagyrev

The Antarctic Adventure of Douglas Mawson

Dr. Zane Horowitz tells the toxic history of the Antarctic Adventure of Douglas Mawson

The Minamata Bay Disaster

Dr. Noah Berland discusses the history of the Minamata Bay Disaster.

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