Greg Jenner is joined by historian Dr Kristi Upson-Saia and comedian Stu Goldsmith to explore the strange world of Ancient Greek and Roman medicine. Welcome to a world where health was fleeting and water could be dangerous. The team will take you through a variety of common ailments from tight atoms to wandering wombs and provide startling cures in the form of electric eels and beaver anuses. For the full-length version of this episode, please look further back in the feed. Produced by Cornelius Mendez Script by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse Research by Hannah MacKenzie A production by The Athletic for BBC Radio 4.
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Hello and welcome to you're dead to me, the comedy podcast that takes history seriously.
My name is Greg Jenner.
I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster.
And on this podcast, we treat you with a soothing salve of two parts book learning and one part chuckles, because laughter is the best medicine.
And today we are grabbing our scalpel and forceps to journey back to ancient Greece and Rome to learn all about medicine in the classical world.
And to help me diagnose fact from fiction, I'm joined by two very special guests in history corner.