Hysterical Medicine

By: Dr Joe-la DeWitt
  • Summary

  • Hysterical Medicine explores the occasionally funny, often strange, and outrageously misogynistic history of women's healthcare. Hosted by Board Certified Ob/Gyn and amateur historian, Dr. Joe-la DeWitt, and her husband, regular guy, Matt. This podcast is for educational and entertainment purposes only. It is not meant to be considered medical advice.
    2024
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Episodes
  • Anthony Comstock: America's Busiest Body?
    Apr 15 2025

    Anthony Comstock was very invested in policing the activities of others. He was obsessed with it, really. The United States was a wild place around the time of The Civil War and old Tony just wanted to be the best dry goods merchant he could be - after he tried his hardest to single-handedly eradicate "vice" that he saw as the scourge of all humanity.

    Come along this week for part 1 of 2 in our double episode that wraps up season 1. We will tell you all about Comstock, his absolutely bonkers obsession with other people's lives and activities, and begin to discuss why it is critically important this very day that we learn about him, so we don't let people like him do what he did to try to suppress EVERYTHING he thought was amoral - which was a lot.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Freud, Princess Bonaparte, and The Big "O"
    Apr 8 2025

    Napoleon (yeah, that one) had a great grand-niece who was REALLY into the female orgasm. She did a whole lot of research, writing, and even surgery to try to "fix" it. Of course she enlisted the help of Dr Sigmund Freud in her quest, but he couldn't figure out how to fix it either.

    Join us this week as we explore this distant relative of the Emperor and how she managed to care so deeply about such a personal subject, that she was willing to go under the knife so she could experience something that almost no woman does, because men called it "normal".

    Have you had your orgasm today?

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Sarah Baartman: The "Hottentot" Venus
    Apr 1 2025

    Sarah was born in Southern Africa and had her life turned completely upside down for the sole reason that she did not look like white, European women. She was very intelligent, speaking several languages. She was also stolen from her home and put on display as if she were no more than a sub-human side show.

    Join us this week to find out what it took for her to be considered so supremely exotic that she had to be taken from her home and put on display for europeans to gawk at - primarily due to a dire lack of understanding, education, and willingness to see other people from other parts of the world as human - just like them. It's not like any episode is particularly light-hearted or "fun", but this one really is a rage-inducer for many reasons. These stories need to be shared and understood if we want history to stop repeating itself, so let's dive in.

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    1 hr and 23 mins
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I love the historical content and the context in which it's delivered. This Duo is absolutely hilarious, and as a twin mom makes me greatful for not being pregnant in the 1700s. Haha

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