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Episode 35: The Extremely Risky Behavior Literally All of Your Ancestors Engaged In
Ask a Medievalist
English - July 19, 2021 16:53 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBHistory Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Next Episode: Episode 36: Sweet Child of Mine
Summary Join Em and Dr. Jesse as we play a little game we like to call, “How Early in History Could Em Have Had Children and Survive?” The answer may surprise you! We also cover Mary’s girdle, (some of) the life and times of Dr. James Barry and Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, childbirth-related saints, the masculinization …