Sawbones: Freddy Pharkas, Frontier Pharmacist
Aug 05, 2025•31 min•Ep. 550
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Episode description
Before everyone hits the back-to-school grind, we’ve got a fun episode about Freddy Pharkas. A historical figure of frontier medicine? No, a video game character from 1993. Justin and Dr. Sydnee talk about how a farmer-cist was made, as well as the real and fake medicine Freddy doled out on the frontier.
Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/
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