64 - A Vicious Circle

During World War II, the US Army launched a seemingly routine experiment to find the ideal way to screen soldiers for tuberculosis. Jacob Yerushalmy, the statistician in charge of this project, would succeed at this task -- and end up fundamentally changing our conception of medical diagnosis in the process. This episode features Dr. Shani Herzig, as well as a new segment featuring Dr. Umme H. Faisal on Yellapragada Subbarow and his discovery of ATP. Bedside Rounds store: Umme H. Faisal on Twitter: @stethospeaks

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64 - A Vicious Circle is an episode from Bedside Rounds by Adam Rodman.

This episode is 40:25 long.

This episode was published on Oct 4, 2021.

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