The Green Tongue Epidemic in Post World War II Japan

When a mysterious gastrointestinal illness starts turning into a dangerous neurologic disease accompanied by green tongues in post WWII Japan, researches scramble to find out why people are becoming sick. We'll do a deep dive on this one to figure out the cause. Sources: -https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/when-cure-is-cause-180967666/ -https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15152488/ -https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC478909/?page=1 -https://newint.org/features/1981/01/01/dev...

Om Podcasten

This is a show for all the nerdy medical history people.Three modern emergency physicians and their show's "medical history intern" take a lighthearted, humorous  quest through various stories in the history of medicine.  Topics from ancient times to recent history, all related to important advancements, people, or discoveries in the history of medicine.  New episodes every two weeks!