Medicine and Mythology: A Chronicle of Gods and Man

August 24, 2026
Medicine and Mythology:A Chronicle of Gods and Man – September 12, 2026
Medicine & Mythology: A Chronicle of Gods and Man is a journey with journalist Malorie Mackey and neuroradiologist Dr. Michael Maldonado that reveals one of history’s most overlooked truths: medicine and mythology have never truly been separate. From prehistoric shamans performing proto-neurosurgery to the Egyptian priests who invented aspirin, from the real purpose of the voodoo doll and why a trickster’s symbol is stamped on American medicine today, this talk uncovers how a society’s belief systems have always shaped its healing practices and shows that mythology didn’t disappear when science arrived. It transformed. 

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