Permanent Record Podcast

Doug Arbittier

September 9, 2026·42 min
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Doug Arbittier is an anesthesiologist, medical historian, and collector whose more than 3,000 antique medical and surgical artifacts reveal the strange, beautiful, and sometimes shocking history of medicine. In this episode of the Permanent Record Podcast, Gerard talks with Doug about bloodletting tools, Civil War surgery, President Lincoln's assassination artifacts, the $5 doctor’s chair that started his collection, his private medical history museum, appearances on Pawn Stars and Jeopardy, ...

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