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The Woman and the 20-Pound Tumor
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Jan 28, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
(Lesley) In the age before anesthesia, what would you do with a pregnancy that would not end? Would you accept a doctor's diagnosis of death or would you press to find any possible treatment? This episode follows the story of Jane Todd Crawford, who traveled 60 miles by horseback to end a two-year "pregnancy"... and rode herself into the history books.
Released:
Jan 28, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Tulipmania!: (Nathan) In the 1630s, the tiny-but-wealthy Netherlands were gripped by a frenzy of public trading in tulip bulbs. At the height of the craze, a single bulb could sell for a small fortune. What caused this "tulip mania" and how did it all come by Footnoting History