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Bedside Rounds

A tiny podcast about fascinating stories in clinical medicine. 

 

Feb 21, 2017

The nineteenth century was struck by a collective panic about being buried alive, leading to a bevy of new laws, regulations, and inventions like the safety coffin.  In this episode, we explore how medical science created and fueled this fear by blurring the line between life and death with the invention of new tests...