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Aug 5
30m 57s

Sawbones: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharm...

Justin McElroy, Dr. Sydnee McElroy
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Before everyone hits the back-to-school grind, we’ve got a fun episode about Freddy Pharkas. A historical figure of frontier medicine? No, a video game character from 1993. Justin and Dr. Sydnee talk about how a farmer-cist was made, as well as the real and fake medicine Freddy doled out on the frontier.

Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

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