In this episode, Dr’s J and Santhosh once again do a deep dive into a disease, this time the notorious anaerobic bacteria Clostridium! Along the way, they discuss the the wurst disease, Dr Ermengem Gersberms, canned food safety, clandestine prostitute donkey poison in WWII, secure botox transport and treatment, tetanus spores, the spatula test, disaster movies, the Oregon trail, C. perfringens, gas gangrene, and more! So sit back and join us for another plague around the world!
Sources
1) https://wwwn.cdc.gov/norsdashboard/
2) Torrens, James (1998). Clostidium botulinum was named because of association with “sausage poisoning.” BMJ 1998; 316:151.
3)https://www.historyofvaccines.org/index.php/content/articles/tetanus
4)https://brooklynbrainery.com/blog/a-story-about-botulism-prostitutes-and-wwii
5) https://torontodermatologycentre.com/UserFiles/File/The_history_of_botox.pdf
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