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Episode 005 — The Doctors’ Plague (Part II)

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Today, we get into Part II of The Doctors’ Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis by Sherwin B. Nuland while suffering the effects of one of the highest of the high-proof grain alcohols — Spirytus Rektyfikowany. Egészségedre!

(That’s ‘cheers’ in Hungarian.)

For information on the book, the booze, and other show details, head on over to Episode 004!

Written by:
Bradley Weber
Published on:
August 30, 2020
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