Episode Details
In this episode, we talk about The Doctors’ Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis by Sherwin B. Nuland while test-driving the highest of the high-proof grain alcohols — Spirytus Rektyfikowany. Na Zdrowie!
Book:
The Doctors’ Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis
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Author: Sherwin B. Nuland
Publisher/Date: WW Norton & Co., 2003
Audio edition:
The Doctors’ Plague: Germs, Childbed Fever, and the Strange Story of Ignac Semmelweis
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- Publisher/Date: Tantor Audio (2020)
- Narrator: Peter Lerman
- Format: Unabridged
Booze:
- Type: High-proof grain alcohol
- Producer: Polmos
- Label: Spirytus Rektyfikowany Rectified Spirit
- Vintage: N/A
Links & Other Source Material
Ignac Semmelweis, Semmelweis statues, etc.
Childbed Fever
High-proof grain alcohol
- “The Highest Proof Spirits in the World You Can Actually Buy”
- “Five Unexpected Uses for Everclear”
- “The Dangers Of Drinking Everclear”
Hand Sanitzer
- “Show Me the Science – When & How to Use Hand Sanitizer in Community Settings”
- “Coronavirus Makes Polish Liquor Fly Off the Shelves as Hand Sanitizer”
- “Vodka in Short Supply in Japan as Rubbing Alcohol Sells Out”
The Great Discoveries Series
- The complete(?) list of Great Discoveries titles on Goodreads.com
- “The making of Wallace’s Everything and More: an interview with Erica Neely”
Music
- “Going Around” — The Fuglees
- Listen to The Fuglees on Spotify
- Shop The Fuglees here:
- Amazon
- Go Apesh*t (2002)
- Indiana (2004)
- F-Bomb (2012)
- iTunes
- Amazon
Find out more about The Fuglees here
While researching these episodes, I find many fascinating — yet completely unrelated — links and bits of information. Here are a few from this time around:
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