Doing Harm

06/06/2024

An early version of the osteotome, a small hand cranked chain saw used during surgical procedures, including the symphosiotomy during childbirth. Listen to the episode for more details on Doing Harm Podcast on , , or wherever you like to listen to your podcasts.

01/06/2024

Learn more about these allegedly haunted old hospitals on our newest episode! Megan and I dive into the spooky goings on that healthcare workers experience often inside old and new hospitals alike! The older the hospital, the more history in and around it!! Share your spooky experiences with us, we would love to hear them! 👻 🏥
Photo Credits:
1.) Noctun Hall RAF hospital
https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/nocton-hall/

2.)Aradale Mental Hospital
https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/hauntings/nocton-hall/

3.)Old Changi Hospital
https://explorersg.com/the-history-behind-old-changi-hospital/

4.)Waverly Hospital
https://explorersg.com/the-history-behind-old-changi-hospital/

5.)Old Royal Hope Hospital
https://paranorms.com/haunted-hospitals/?amp=1

31/05/2024

Haunted Hospitals!!! If you work in healthcare, there’s a good chance you have a spooky story you can’t explain. Listen to our full episode tomorrow May 30th after 9pm EST and in the meantime share your stories with us!! .rn

29/05/2024

IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING GUYS! We are a full blown business entity, get ready for much more nightmare fuel to come your way from Doing Harm brought to you by Harmful Studios, LLC. We have launched a Patreon, we have a website coming, and so many more exciting things we can't wait to share with you all as our one year anniversary approaches! Thank you for being a part of our journey as always. Find our Patreon at:

patreon.com/DoingHarmPodcast.

We will have exclusive content for members only coming soon and we have merchandise in the works!
All our love, Heather & Megan.

17/05/2024

The horrific life and crimes of Linda Burfield Hazzard, part 2 out tonight. Hazzard claimed the lives of countless individuals through starvation tactics and managed to con them out of their money and land at the same time. The first 2 pictures are of Hazzard after finally being arrested. The final picture is of Dorothea Williamson, a survivor and wealthy young woman who helped put Hazzard behind bars but not before major efforts by friends and family.
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Pictures: https://www.historylink.org/File/7955

10/05/2024

As we approach the one year anniversary of the podcast, we have some new artwork on the drawing board. What do you guys think, should we start making some merch?! You want Dr. Death on a shirt or sticker?? 💀

23/04/2024

Vintage cooling tables used to help drop the temperature of freshly deceased individuals and help slow the rate of decomposition for morticians to have time to tend to them.
Tune in to the with .rn on Mondays for bite size macabre medical history facts!
Don’t forget to hit that follow button on or and just about anywhere you like to get your podcasts!

29/03/2024

Once again we have let you guys down by falling behind schedule! Rest assured we are working on episodes and a plan for consistency, our schedules are hard to align and I work out of state half the time. It’s all coming together though. In the meantime, please enjoy these photos of babies in gas proof contraptions I forgot to post from one of our mini episodes! 🖤 ☠️ maybe someday we can do this full time 😉

03/03/2024

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/doing-harm/episodes/Episode-8-Christopher-Duntsch-Part-1-e2ghau0

Christopher Duntsch is a now disgraced former neurosurgeon who is believed to have maimed or killed 33 of his 37 patients in his short career. Never fear he is now spending life in prison! This one is a mind blowing rollercoaster behind the nefarious life of one really bad doctor. This is a great cr...

28/02/2024

Sorry, we missed your Mini Monday episode this week guys!!! We had a couple of unexpected ER and doctor visits that threw a big ‘ol monkey wrench in things!! We still plan to have Friday’s episode out and maybe we will just double up on Monday!!! If we get a few more followers we are looking into a Patreon account with extra content and goodies to giveaway!!! So, tell your friends!!! ☠️

17/02/2024

All right guys. Our next full length episode we are excited shift gears a little and cross over into the world of true crime and medicine. A more contemporary tale. We will be talking about former neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch. even had a very intense show about this crazy story that was great, so perhaps you’ve heard of him! Look out for the episode coming on March 1st to or almost anywhere you like to get your ear candy! And don’t fret, we know most doctors are amazing! This guy is an isolated case of nightmare fuel, thank goodness!!

16/02/2024

The oldest practiced surgical procedure; holes in the head. Better yet, people survived!

07/02/2024

The claustrophobic crib of nightmares from the past. Find us for full episodes on wherever you like to get your ear candy!

04/02/2024

Forgot to post this one on here last Monday. So, ya gettin a 2fer on here this week friends! Enjoy, and find our full episodes anywhere you like to get your podcasts!

23/01/2024

Tonsil removal in the 19th century is nightmare fuel for this Monday mini. No autoclave, no antibiotics, no thanks! Find more info and links in the show notes wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
Photo:
https://collections.mdhs.unimelb.edu.au/objects/1849/guillotine-mackenzies-reversible-tonsil-guillotine

13/01/2024

Ever wonder how we became so well learned about the inner workings of the human anatomy?
Spoiler alert: X-rays and MRIs weren’t invented yet.
We had to learn a lot the good old fashioned way, and that was a hot controversial subject for hundreds of years. Eventually it would lead to outright murder for pay, perhaps unbeknownst to the surgical anatomists at the time, perhaps not…..
Join us for our next episode while Megan and I dissect the dark history behind the science of anatomical history.
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29/12/2023

From the depths of my cold dark heart, I will be presenting you all with a BONUS episode! I recorded a solo episode with my cremated mother and we dive into the history behind cremation and some other postmortem rituals! Originally I had issues with bizarre sound distortion when it was recorded back in September but now I’ve been able to rectify the problem! Keep yours out for this and more to come!! Stay weird, stay curious, keep learning. ☠️

19/12/2023

NEW EPISODE DROPS THIS THURSDAY!! December 21st. The long awaited part 2 for The History of Transfusion and Infusions!!! Come get weird with us wherever you get your pods at!
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16/12/2023

Get in losers, we’re learning about messed up medical history ☠️💈💉 listen wherever you get your pods! New episode to drop just in time for Christmas!

10/12/2023

Coming to your earballs soon! Find us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. ☠️

14/11/2023

Well folks, I won’t lie. I’ve lost a lot of friends and family over the last 20+ years of my life. In fact if you average it out, it would be about 1 per year. Loosing my mom has by far been the hardest to endure. I’ve wanted to work and publish episodes and yet the time evades me as I mourn. Please, continue to bare with me, friends, I feel the best is yet to come. To those of you who continue to follow along or who have found is on my hiatus, thank you so much for being part of this journey. There will be more morbid medical history to come.

“Unbeing dead isn't being alive.”
E. E. Cummings

20/08/2023

Hello fellow nerds! We just wanted to give a quick update following our prolonged absence. Currently one of us has been traveling often to help with a family crisis situation which has put us behind on any side projects and even work. We promise that we will be back soon and better than ever! We haven’t forgotten we owe you part 2 of infusion and transfusion history! Plus we have some other fun things lined up. So sit tight and hold onto those guts cause we will be back soon! 💀🧑🏾‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🐦‍⬛💉🔬💈

20/07/2023

Part 1 of The History of Infusions and Blood Transfusions is out now! Learn how these 3 similar looking white dudes made medical advancements in a grotesque way! 💉🩸🪦
Pictured here are Sir Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, and Dr. William Harvey. Tune in and hold on to those guts guys!

03/07/2023

Take a listen to us if you haven’t had the chance already! We always love feedback! 🖤💀

Listen to Doing Harm on Spotify. A macabre medical history podcast brought to you by an ICU nurse and a Flight Nurse. Join us to learn the darker side of the history behind modern medicine! ☠️

03/07/2023

Go check out our Minisode covering the Indiana Medical History Museum and what we have in store for you nerds coming up! 💀🔬

26/06/2023

Hold on to your guts guys! We took a trip to the Indiana Medical History Museum in Indianapolis, IN and it was amazing. I’m in the process of editing a little teeny tiny minisode for you nerds to talk about a little bit of the history of this beautiful and fascinating building. Hopefully, we will have this out to you next week. In the meantime please enjoy these gorgeous images I had the privilege of taking while touring. If you get the chance to go, please do! If you can help donate so they can continue to maintain this facility, I’m sure it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for joining us on our weird journey! Stay tuned for more weird stuff! 🦴 💀 🔬
thanks for sharing your rich history and working hard to preserve it!

11/06/2023

Coming soon! In the next episode or two we will be discussing the origins of intravenous infusions and blood transfusions. If the sheep’s blood tried to kill you, at least they could give you a syringe cocktail of whisky and morphine to make you comfortable!! Air date TBD as it be vacation season and one of us has board certifications to study for also, so please be patient and stay tuned . 🩸 💉 🐑 🥃
Photos: 1. Yale, E. (April 22, 2015). First blood transfusion: a history. JSTOR daily. daily.jstor.org/first-blood-transfusion/
2. Eggerton Jennings, C. (1884). Transfusions: it’s history, indication and modes of applications. New York, C.H. Goodwin.
3 & 4. Keynes, G. (1922). Blood transfusion. London, The Lancet Building.