Medical History Podcasty

Step right up, step right up folks! Today we will share the medical disorders of two women that held The Ugliest Woman title and one of the carnival's giants. Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

We discuss fairly recent history out of Texas. An incompetent neurosurgeon that got through the system that should be protecting the public, not just once, but multiple times. We all discuss how to be safe from incompetent doctors. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

It could be the start of a great joke, a bearded lady and an elephant walk into a bar... But it is the true story of some circus acts from the Victorian age! You may have heard of them but did you know their stories? Find out in this episode! Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Today's episode covers a killer New York nurse that went from Hero to Zero. Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This episode we found out what happens after the Hilton Sisters acquire their freedom and then discuss what happens when one conjoined twin dies. Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Today's episode we talk about how conjoined comes to be and how they got the name Siamese twins. Then we tell a fascinating bio of the Hilton Sisters whose lives are like something out of a movie! This is a two part episode to start off our new season! Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Another UK serial killer. This one born in Northern Ireland. Ever heard of the Bluebeard fairytale? This story has its roots reaching back to an old fairytale! Don't let curiosity get the better of you! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This week we tell a story of a hot headed doctor from the UK. Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

We created a new podcast where we regurgitate the news and current events! Please go and check out the other episodes we have already listed. Hope you enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Very final fever episode. This week we talk about Lassa Fever, Metal Fume Fever, and Familial Fever among others. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Tired of fever yet? I hope not because we have even more fever topics for you including a very emotional childhood favorite from the Velveteen Rabbit. Also a surprise announcement about where tangents go to die, I mean get stored. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Join us for some comedic relief as we make a whole lot of fun of Dr. Ecoli, aka the unhygienic doctor that has traveled the world hurting people. We are joined by Joe from the podcast Consistently Eccentric. Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Rarkinson's Disease is still around but it its disease that has long roots. We talk about the disease and about Lewy Bodies dementia and what it must have been like for Robin Williams in the end. Hope you learn something new. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This is a Russian tale. A serial killer doctor who actually does vitals! And he is still behind bars today! Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Did you know there were soooo many different fevers a person can get? I sure didn't. Join us to learn about a few more fevers. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This story is about a politically driven serial killer from Iraq. Join me as I tell the tale to two guests, one of which is Joe from the podcast Consistently Eccentric. Enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This week we continue with the Fever series with Fevers that can cross over from the animal world! Hope you enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This week we are stepping back from serial killers to bring you a one off murder, or is it? We are joined by our friend, Joe from Consistently Eccentric from the UK. Hope you enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

A list of amazing women that invented something medicalish related. We have quite the list of women! Hope you enjoy! It is rated e because I through in a couple of bad words. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

In this episode we go way down South to find a serial killer doctor with her (yes a female), very own murder squad. This one is way too close to current to be comfortable! A serial killer female doctor just wanted to free up some beds. Over 300 of them. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

We are back!! So sorry to have kept you waiting. This episode has some commentary in the beginning you can skip through and jump right into the Valley Fever content if you want around the 15min mark. Then we talk about Valley Fever and its history.. More fascinating that I first realized. By the say, I accidentally cuss in the first 15 mins which i…

In this episode we continue the tales of monasteries baby farmers from the Victorian era! Those babies did not stand a chance to those greedy women, and one man! Listener /discretion is advised. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

No, we aren't talking about baby's doing farming child labor! This week's episode is the first of two parts talking about a practice that is thankful no longer done; Baby brokering. It combines medical history with medical true crime. Hope you enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This woman went by many names and chose many different types of poison. But it was all about the money. Listen as we talk about this serial killer from the UK. Music by Dresden the Flamingo, Which Witch? Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

AKA the Stockholm Killer of the 1980s. This was was a real shocker!! This week's episode is shared with the podcast Consistently Eccentric, Joe and Em from the UK!! I Hope you enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

We tell the story of an Ireland Witch and her associates, including her son. Listen to the special Halloween episode as we tell her tale AND celebrate the podcast's 10,000 download milestone! Thank you all for listening. Hopefully you are learning something new each week. Cheers to another 10K! Music by Dresden the Flamingo, Which Witch? (Full song…

You may never have heard of the disease Syndrome K but know that this deadly disease has a happy ending. This week I take you to Italy to tell you the tale! Music by Dresden the Flamingo, I Married Dracula. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Everyone has an ambition in life; Jane's was to kill as many people as she could in the disguise of a nurse's uniform. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Oh, Curiosity Seekers.... this one is a puzzle. There were many young girls in the Victorian Era that were part of the phenomenon called the Fasting Girls, but one in particular was far above and beyond an enigma. Let me tell you why in this episode. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This is the story of a man who came from poor beginnings and managed to become the richest physician in the UK, but only because his patients left him in their wills. Were their deaths untimely? Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Welcome to year two of Dissecting Medical History!! In this episode I talk about the history of heat stroke and share a personal story involved with it. Thank you for listening! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

In this episode, we discuss the women that Sophia Jex-Blake met when she came to New England. A group of amazing female physicians that opened hospitals and schools and were trailblazers in their own right, who also happened to like the same sex. Also, talk about some very interesting festivals held in other parts of the world... not for the very c…

First female MD in Scotland. She started schools. She fought for female medical education. She was a badass trail blazing woman! She also just so happened to be a lesbian. This episode highlights her amazing life, with a happy ending. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Toothache, tooth fairies, and a Saint of toothaches? Yep, today's episode is all about the pain in the mouth! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Today's biography is a passionate woman that did not let the male society dictate her occupational fate! She took a tragedy from a cheating husband to help fuel her desire to make changes for herself and society. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

In 1865, the last man to be publicly hung in Scotland was Edward Pritchard. Listen to this week's episode to find out why he was deserving of such an honor. I tell this tale to a friend from the UK, Joe from the podcast Consistently Eccentric. Enjoy!! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This story is about the infamous serial killing doctor, Marcel Petiot, from Paris, France. He was definitely not an Angel of Mercy, more like the hand of Satan. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Mom to the Fair-Haired Bastards. The first Chinese physician in California was an amazing woman named Margaret Chung. She was a larger than life character that accomplished a lot in life. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Today's story is about a respiratory therapist named Efren Saldivar, from Glendale, California. A mercy killer who just wasn't being that merciful. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This is the tale of the first female dentist of the West! Nellie Pooler Chapman from Nevada City, California. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Today's episode talks about the long forgotten cure by the Royals. Join me on this tale all about the power of the monarchy that sadly just isn't used today! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

Special episode with Joe from podcast Consistently Eccentric with a true crime story about the Angel of Death Donald Harvey. Listen as I tell Joe all the creative and not so merciful killings by this unbelievable serial killer. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

You get to be in on the joke for today's April Fool's Day episode where I tell historical fiction stories that I made up to friends. Based on real research that includes boats, Pirates, and the Irish! Hope you enjoy! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

In this episode we talk about two amazing female doctors making their mark in California! California wasn't always the forward thinking state we've come to know. But two women helped to change that. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

A little carry over from Black History Month combined with Women's History Month! Just a few bios about some amazing women of the past. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

In this episode we talk about Green Sickness, Green Fever, the Irish Curse and the Celtic Curse, aka Irish Illness! Join us for this special St. Patrick's day episode. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

This episode honors Black History Month and a couple of amazing nurses that paved the way for others. Join me as I tell you their stories! Happy Listening! Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy

1815 Dr. James Barry became a British Army surgeon with many secrets. In this episode we will be expanding on the medical life of this fascinating person. To get an even fuller picture of their life, you are encouraged to check out What's Her Name podcast for the Dr. James Barry episode. Enjoy Support the show…

Another Microscopic Dissection episode! Today's episode is all about snakes! Do you know where the phrase "snake oil" or "snake oil salesman" came from? This episode I will tell you the story along with some other interesting things about how the snake is related to the medical world! Enjoy! Support the show…

In this episode, we discuss 3 different communities that were impacted by poison. Support the showAutor: The Professional Gypsy