Episode 8: Tarrare
from It Could Be Worse Hosted by Catherine Kinkead, Anna Spier
Today Anna and Cat (and Layla) discuss powerful laxatives, belts o' skin, wooden chests, the pus of life, and a man's journey to become the hungriest, stinkiest, stretchiest human of all time. Sources: London Medical Physical Journal. "Polyphagism." Eclectic Repertory and Analytical Review, Medical and Philosophical (1810-1820) 10.1 (1820): 136. Web. Good, John Mason. The Study of Medicine. 4th American Ed., Reprinted from the Last London Ed., Greatly Improved and Enl.. ed. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1826. Web. All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare
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