There was a time when a woman just had to swear an oath to the church and pay a fee to be a midwife. There were no other qualifications, and that was not at all the worst of it.

In today's episode we talk about how men decided to make their way into midwifery, call themselves "Man Midwives", and then decide to invent Obstetrics so they didn't have to be called Man Midwives anymore.

This one has some jaw-dropping facts and figures from centuries gone by, many of which we have yet to outrun. Listen up and get hysterical with us, won't you?

Matt explores his "ability" to channel foreign accents as we jump into the sidewalk chalk drawing and take a tour through the development of the man-midwife. Yes. Seriously. The man-midwife was a major part of women's healthcare for quite some time. Join us and find out why it was exactly as ridiculous as it sounds, won't you?

In episode 2 we talk about the basis of modern medicine through the eyes of ancient Egypt. A lot of people think that Hippocrates is the "father of modern medicine" but he borrowed a great deal from a culture that beat him to the punch.

Find out why the Egyptian's were SOOOOO CLOSE to getting gender identity right but then EVEN MORE WRONG with how they solved that "mystery".

Egyptian culture had a long history and contributed a great deal to how we live today. A tiny bit of it could even be considered good. Now, how was our pronounciation?

In many unrelated cultures across the world, there has been, and STILL IS a phenomenon known most widely as "The Couvade". After a woman's pregnancy, the father is treated as if HE was the one who carried and delivered the baby! What?!?! Where did this come from? Why did it ever happen? Why, OH WHY, is it still happening in some places?

This is my first episode, and I know it's not specifically about women's health - but it does set the tone for the baseline of how women have been treated by doctors and the like for millenia.

Try your very best to remain sane while I tell you about this absolutely preposterous phenomenon's origins and practices. It is insane, and anything but, hysterical.

Welcome to Hysterical Medicine! Today we spend a few minutes to tell you what the show will be all about. The first episode will be released on January 7, 2025 - please subscribe and get ready for a wild ride through the downright infuriating and often laughable history of women's health in the western world.