> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.technicaltea.show/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Episode 3: Tech Vampires and Science Zombies! - URL: https://www.technicaltea.show/003-tech-vampires-and-science-zombies/ - Published: 2026-10-05T17:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-10T02:29:03.000Z - Description: In our Halloween episode, a French zombie and a Vampire Witch experience Leech Mania talking about Hirudo Medicinalis, spring-loaded lancets, and fancy leech jars. - Author: Dr. Niki Ackermans - Tags: Episode **We** like to keep the humor(s) high around here: black bile and phglegm specifically. What form will the Zombiepocalypse take? Is it rabies (rabid whales, what?), prion disease (legit terrifying), or cordyceps (coming for the last of us)? Our listeners share their eponym experiences. Niki slaps on some anti-AI-slop stickers. Huyen is still an otaku (and a brimmed cap). --- # YouTube --- # Show Notes **▶ Intro** [00:01:20](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=80&ref=technicaltea.show) September office hours! | Technical Tea | Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/TechnicalTeaShow/posts/september-office-169999100](https://www.patreon.com/TechnicalTeaShow/posts/september-office-169999100?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:01:43](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=103&ref=technicaltea.show) Executive Barista: Tom Merritt [https://www.tommerritt.com/](https://www.tommerritt.com/?ref=technicaltea.show) **▶ Tech Vampires!** [00:03:21](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=201&ref=technicaltea.show) "Love and Pain" (Vampire) by Edvard Munch (1895) | Wikimedia Commons Original held by the Munch Museum, Oslo License: Public Domain [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edvard\_Munch\_-\_Vampire\_(1895)\_-\_Google\_Art\_Project.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edvard%5FMunch%5F-%5FVampire%5F%281895%29%5F-%5FGoogle%5FArt%5FProject.jpg?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:04:25](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=265&ref=technicaltea.show) Powerline Maintenance Drones | DJI Enterprise [https://enterprise.dji.com/inspection/powerline-inspection](https://enterprise.dji.com/inspection/powerline-inspection?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:04:59](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=299&ref=technicaltea.show) Autonomous Overhead Powerline Recharging for Uninterrupted Drone Operations [https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publications/autonomous-overhead-powerline-recharging-for-uninterrupted-drone-/](https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/en/publications/autonomous-overhead-powerline-recharging-for-uninterrupted-drone-/?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:05:03](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=303&ref=technicaltea.show) "Autonomous Overhead Powerline Recharging for Uninterrupted Drone Operations - ICRA 2024" | Drone Infrastructure Inspection & Interaction Group [https://youtu.be/C-uekD6VTIQ](https://youtu.be/C-uekD6VTIQ?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:07:41](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=461&ref=technicaltea.show) Bloodletting | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodletting?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:03](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=483&ref=technicaltea.show) Dr. Gerry Tolbert | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/gtolbert/](https://www.instagram.com/gtolbert/?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:14](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=494&ref=technicaltea.show) Trepanning | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:23](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=503&ref=technicaltea.show) Humorism | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:27](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=507&ref=technicaltea.show) Hippocrates | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:30](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=510&ref=technicaltea.show) Galen | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:32](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=512&ref=technicaltea.show) Marcus Aurelius | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus\_Aurelius](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%5FAurelius?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:34](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=514&ref=technicaltea.show) The four 'humours': Our 2,500-year-old mania for personality types | BBC [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250915-the-ancient-origins-of-todays-personality-types](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250915-the-ancient-origins-of-todays-personality-types?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:08:49](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=529&ref=technicaltea.show) @emmanuellafont | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/emmanuellafont](https://www.instagram.com/emmanuellafont?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:09:31](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=571&ref=technicaltea.show) Phrenology | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:11:09](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=669&ref=technicaltea.show) Which Ninja Turtle Are You? Life's Most Important Question | After Hours | Cracked [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtsmluPK7Ug&t=262s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtsmluPK7Ug&t=262s&ref=technicaltea.show) [00:13:20](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=800&ref=technicaltea.show) Aristotle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:14:32](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=872&ref=technicaltea.show) François-Joseph-Victor Broussais [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph-Victor\_Broussais](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Joseph-Victor%5FBroussais?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:15:02](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=902&ref=technicaltea.show) Figure 31.—Instruments and technique of phlebotomy | The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/images/fig31.jpg](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/images/fig31.jpg?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:15:29](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=929&ref=technicaltea.show) The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/pg33102-images.html](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/pg33102-images.html?ref=technicaltea.show) Figure 16.—Advertisement for phlebotomy and cupping instruments. | The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/images/fig16.jpg](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/images/fig16.jpg?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:15:44](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=944&ref=technicaltea.show) Phlebotomy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlebotomy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlebotomy?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:16:09](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=969&ref=technicaltea.show) Fleam with three blades | Science Museum Group [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co141078/fleam-with-three-blades](https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co141078/fleam-with-three-blades?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:16:44](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1004&ref=technicaltea.show) Lancets and flambes to let blood. | The Spring-Lancet, A “Bloodstain’d Faithful Friend!” [https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/2014/07/24/the-spring-lancet-a-bloodstaind-faithful-friend/](https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/2014/07/24/the-spring-lancet-a-bloodstaind-faithful-friend/?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:17:32](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1052&ref=technicaltea.show) Germ Theory | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ\_theory\_of\_disease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%5Ftheory%5Fof%5Fdisease?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:18:35](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1115&ref=technicaltea.show) Deep Cut: The Story of Spring Lancets and Medical Change | Spurlock Museum of World Cultures | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign [https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/blog/p/deep-cut-the/481](https://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/blog/p/deep-cut-the/481?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:18:38](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1118&ref=technicaltea.show) Figure 6.(left)—Spring lancet, 19th century. &Figure 7.(right)—Interior of spring lancet. | The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/pg33102-images.html#Page\_13](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/33102/pg33102-images.html?ref=technicaltea.show#Page%5F13) [00:19:01](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1141&ref=technicaltea.show) A bloody 19th-century health craze almost drove these creatures extinct | National Geographic [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/leech-blood-health-craze-extinct](https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/leech-blood-health-craze-extinct?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:20:11](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1211&ref=technicaltea.show) Hirudo Medicinalis | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudo\_medicinalis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudo%5Fmedicinalis?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:21:53](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1313&ref=technicaltea.show) Hiurdin | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirudin?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:22:14](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1334&ref=technicaltea.show) Protease | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:23:25](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1405&ref=technicaltea.show) Medicinal Leeches and Where to Find Them: The rise, fall, and resurrection of the humble leech by Jessica Martucci | Science History Institute Museum & Library [https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/medicinal-leeches-and-where-to-find-them/](https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/medicinal-leeches-and-where-to-find-them/?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:24:59](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1499&ref=technicaltea.show) Leech Mania | National Endowment for the Humanities [https://www.neh.gov/article/leech-mania](https://www.neh.gov/article/leech-mania?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:28:15](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1695&ref=technicaltea.show) Resolution and Independence | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution\_and\_Independence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution%5Fand%5FIndependence?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:28:36](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1716&ref=technicaltea.show) Resolution and Independence by William Wordsworth | Storgy [https://storgy.com/poems/resolution-and-independence-william-wordsworth/](https://storgy.com/poems/resolution-and-independence-william-wordsworth/?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:31:00](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1860&ref=technicaltea.show) Louis Pasteur | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis\_Pasteur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%5FPasteur?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:31:01](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1861&ref=technicaltea.show) Robert Kloch | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert\_Koch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%5FKoch?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:31:09](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1869&ref=technicaltea.show) "The history of bloodletting" by Gerry Greenstone, BCMJ, vol. 52, No. 1, January February 2010 | British Columbia Medical Journal [https://bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting](https://bcmj.org/premise/history-bloodletting?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:31:38](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1898&ref=technicaltea.show) Dec. 14, 1799: The excruciating final hours of President George Washington by Dr. Howard Markel | PBS News [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dec-14-1799-excruciating-final-hours-president-george-washington](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dec-14-1799-excruciating-final-hours-president-george-washington?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:32:33](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1953&ref=technicaltea.show) Venous Congestion | 2010 Plastic Surgery Secrets Plus [https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/venous-congestion](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/nursing-and-health-professions/venous-congestion?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:32:59](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=1979&ref=technicaltea.show) Mechanical Leeches, London, England, 1850-1855 | Science Museum Group [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co142294/mechanical-leech-london-england-1850-1855](https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co142294/mechanical-leech-london-england-1850-1855?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:33:23](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2003&ref=technicaltea.show) Blood diagnostics modelled on leeches | ETH Zurich [https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/05/blood-diagnostics-modelled-on-leeches.html](https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2024/05/blood-diagnostics-modelled-on-leeches.html?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:33:55](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2035&ref=technicaltea.show) Product Classification: Leeches, Medicinal | FDA [https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPCD/classification.cfm?ID=NRN](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPCD/classification.cfm?ID=NRN&ref=technicaltea.show) [00:34:26](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2066&ref=technicaltea.show) Novel device takes over where leeches leave off | EurekAlert [https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/649033](https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/649033?ref=technicaltea.show) "A mechanical leech (at left) developed by otolaryngology professor and surgeon Greg Hartig features a glass vacuum chamber with tubes for maintaining suction and irrigating of a patient's wound. At right in a lab beaker is a live leech traditionally used for medicinal purposes." by Jeff Miller [https://news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/images/mechanical\_leech01.jpg](https://news.wisc.edu/newsphotos/images/mechanical%5Fleech01.jpg?ref=technicaltea.show) **▶ Science Zombies!** [00:37:01](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2221&ref=technicaltea.show) Zombies as portrayed in the movie Night of the Living Dead | Wikimedia Commons Still from the film "Night of the Living Dead" by George A. Romero (1968) License: Public Domain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie#/media/File:Zombies\_NightoftheLivingDead.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie?ref=technicaltea.show#/media/File:Zombies%5FNightoftheLivingDead.jpg) [00:37:49](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2269&ref=technicaltea.show) Rabies in popular culture | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies\_in\_popular\_culture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies%5Fin%5Fpopular%5Fculture?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:37:55](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2275&ref=technicaltea.show) About Rabies | CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/about/index.html#cdc\_disease\_basics\_symptoms-signs-and-symptoms](https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/about/index.html?ref=technicaltea.show#cdc%5Fdisease%5Fbasics%5Fsymptoms-signs-and-symptoms) [00:38:21](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2301&ref=technicaltea.show) About Zoonotic Diseases | CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/about/about-zoonotic-diseases.html](https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/about/about-zoonotic-diseases.html?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:38:39](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2319&ref=technicaltea.show) Rabies | World Health Organization [https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/rabies?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:39:01](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2341&ref=technicaltea.show) Rabies Vaccine | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies\_vaccine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies%5Fvaccine?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:39:44](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2384&ref=technicaltea.show) Preventing Rabies from Rats | CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/prevention/bats.html](https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/prevention/bats.html?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:40:57](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2457&ref=technicaltea.show) Rabies | Symptoms | Mayo Clinic [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rabies/symptoms-causes/syc-20351821#symptoms](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rabies/symptoms-causes/syc-20351821?ref=technicaltea.show#symptoms) [00:43:35](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2615&ref=technicaltea.show) Nationwide Increase in Reported Human Rabies Exposures: Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis Administration | CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/notices/han00533.html](https://www.cdc.gov/han/php/notices/han00533.html?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:44:02](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2642&ref=technicaltea.show) State public health labs step up as CDC pauses testing for various pathogens, including rabies, mpox | University of Minnesota [https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/rabies/state-public-health-labs-step-cdc-pauses-testing-various-pathogens-including-rabies-mpox](https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/rabies/state-public-health-labs-step-cdc-pauses-testing-various-pathogens-including-rabies-mpox?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:44:23](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2663&ref=technicaltea.show) Goats Petting Zoo Rabies [https://www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/blog/2026/08/29/ncdhhs-confirms-rabies-mobile-petting-zoo](https://www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/blog/2026/08/29/ncdhhs-confirms-rabies-mobile-petting-zoo?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:45:23](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2723&ref=technicaltea.show) Prion Diseases | Conditions and Diseases | Health | Johns Hopkins [https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prion-diseases](https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/prion-diseases?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:45:31](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2731&ref=technicaltea.show) "Scrapie prions" (PrPSc (stained in red) revealed in a photomicrograph of scrapie-infected mouse neuronal cells) by NIAID (2011) | Wikimedia Commons Original produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) / CDC PHIL (ID# 18131) License: Public Domain [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scrapie\_prions.jpg#/media/File:Scrapie\_prions.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scrapie%5Fprions.jpg?ref=technicaltea.show#/media/File:Scrapie%5Fprions.jpg) [00:45:55](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2755&ref=technicaltea.show) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy | CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/mad-cow/php/animal-health/index.html](https://www.cdc.gov/mad-cow/php/animal-health/index.html?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:46:01](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2761&ref=technicaltea.show) "Spongiform degeneration in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease" (Micrograph showing vacuoles that appear as holes in tissue sections, H&E stain) by Dr. Al Jenny (CDC) | Wikimedia Commons Original produced by Dr. Al Jenny for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Image Library (PHIL) License: Public Domain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmissible\_spongiform\_encephalopathy#/media/File:Spongiform\_degeneration\_in\_Creutzfeldt-Jakob\_disease.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmissible%5Fspongiform%5Fencephalopathy?ref=technicaltea.show#/media/File:Spongiform%5Fdegeneration%5Fin%5FCreutzfeldt-Jakob%5Fdisease.jpg) [00:47:01](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2821&ref=technicaltea.show) My Quest to Cure Prion Disease — Before It’s Too Late | Sonia Vallabh | TED [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04PmEJaYKd0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04PmEJaYKd0&ref=technicaltea.show) [00:47:11](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2831&ref=technicaltea.show) Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob\_disease](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob%5Fdisease?ref=technicaltea.show) [00:47:43](https://youtu.be/AFkDYqzVvE4?t=2863&ref=technicaltea.show) Scrapies | USDA 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