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88: How we learned about handwashing

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The history of handwashing? It's way wilder than you think.

Isabel is once again out of the country and/or concussed, which means Amanda is joined by her friends Caro and Andrea to talk about everyone's favorite 19th century handwashing accelerationist, Ignac Semmelweis. What does this have to do with the internet? Well, if you're going to go outside and touch grass (preferably while listening to this podcast), you're going to need to wash your hands when you come back inside.

TW: medical gore, death, dissection, infection, drugs

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