Episode 107: Medical Gross Out
About this episode
Today’s show will have your skin crawling… literally. In honor of Halloween we bring you a show revealing a scarier (and squirmier) side of science.
SHOW CLOCK
00:00 Opening Credits
00:27 Introduction
00:54 Forensic Anthropology
04:06 A Conversation with Robert Hicks and His Leeches
11:47 Maggots
14:39 Closing Credits
CREDITS
Special thanks to Margaret E. Wood and Michal Meyer for researching this show. Additional credits available at chemheritage.org/distillations.
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