Hysterical Medicine explores the occasionally funny, often strange, and outrageously misogynistic history of women's healthcare. Hosted by Board Certified Ob/Gyn and amateur historian, Dr. Joe-la DeWitt, and her husband, regular guy, Matt.
This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not meant to be considered medical advice.
Semmelweis is a name you probably won't hear, but you should. He was ahead of Lister in knowing about germs but noboby believed him.
We poured a couple BIG Long Island Iced Teas for the beginning of this episode and then we kept talking and drinking and talking. Enjoy our gradual descent into alcohol fueld opinions and voice volume. This episode and the next 2 are most definitely not for children.
26 Aug 2025
How American Doctors Got Anne Frank Killed: Eugenics Continued
Seriously. An American Dr looked across the Atlantic to Germany just before WW2 and said "they're beating us at our own game". He was referring to removing imperfect people from the general population.
We talked about how eugenics got going in the US last week. This week, we talk about how it was pushed on us by "emerging science" and kept around ever since (in one form or another) by governments.
If you think that being a human is enough reason to be a part of society and no condition of your birth should change that, you disagree with eugenics. In the US, in the early 20th century, it was more popular than The Charleston and Ragtime music. Science has since left it behind as uninformed and draconian. When will the world's politicians catch up? It won't be soon with education being squashed to death. This one is making us truly Hysterical. Come on in and get pissed off with us.
19 Aug 2025
Removing Normal Ovaries? Why? Oh...Eugenics
Some of these episode descriptions are more challenging to scribble out than others. For example, this episode talks about why doctors thought it was a good idea to remove healthy ovaries. Yeah. Seriously. Spoiler alert - they did NOT have good reasons.
We draw the obvious line to eugenics in this episode and it's just sort of dark. But we also do spend a few seconds whispering about our puppy's birthday. So there is that. Try not to let it make you too Hysterical.
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