Season 2 · Episode 48
The Apothecary Diaries · S2E48
Aired on July 4, 2025
Science entries in this episode
Fake Death by Tetrodotoxin
Partly: pufferfish poison can paralyze a person until they look dead, brain still awake. Datura agitates instead of sedating. Mechanisms, real cases, limits.
Hypothermia
In The Apothecary Diaries, cold threatens lives. We explain hypothermia, why cold-water immersion is so dangerous, and how to rewarm safely.