In this episode Dr’s J and Santhosh explore the history, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by everybody’s favorite pork tapeworm. Along the way they cover reading rainbow, julius caesar, narnia, worm taxonomy, ancient egypt, jewish housewives disease, medical etymology, oncospheres, symptoms, treatments, genetics, strange medical devices, and more! So Sit back and relax as we teach you about the most prevalent yet secret endemic disease!

Sources
1) https://www.paleopatologia.it/first-paleoparasitological-studies-in-italy-helminthic-parasites-in-mummies-of-different-age/
2) http://www.thomas-morris.uk/the-tapeworm-trap/#:~:text=Indeed%2C%20the%20original%20patent%20for,country%20allowed%20to%20use%20it.
3) https://www.intechopen.com/books/novel-aspects-on-cysticercosis-and-neurocysticercosis/introduction-to-cysticercosis-and-its-historical-background

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