Crazy Old Medical Procedures

30 Strange Old-Timey Medical Treatments | Mental Floss

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Take Care of Heart Palpitations with a Vinegar-Soaked Rag For heart palpitations, Wesley's treatments included “drink a pint of cold water,” “apply outwardly a Rag dipt In vinegar,” and “be...

5 strange and sinister medical procedures from history

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As the name suggests, a tobacco smoke enema involves literally blowing smoke up the patient’s rectum. The so-called pipe …

21 Bizarre Medical Practices From Our Past | Bored Panda

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7 Unusual Ancient Medical Techniques - HISTORY

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7 of the Most Outrageous Medical Treatments in History

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Snake Oil—Salesmen and Doctors. While today a “snake oil salesman” is …

Five bloodcurdling medical procedures that are no longer …

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Here are five of the most extraordinary and unpleasant. 1. Trepanation. Trepanation (drilling or scraping a hole in the skull) is the oldest form of surgery we know of. Humans have been performing ...

9 Terrifying Medical Treatments from 1900 and Their …

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In modern medical offices, creams are used to ease hemorrhoids away, while more delicate surgery is most often used to remove cysts. 3. Plombage Plombage was a …

The 10 Most Insane Medical Practices in History

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This is actually the oldest surgical procedure known to man as humans have been intentionally knocking holes in their skulls dating back to the time of cavemen, giving hope to anyone who's had …

Five weird and wonderful surgical procedures - Medical …

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In this article, we take a look at five of the most bizarre and incredible surgical procedures to date. 1) Rotationplasty: Turning an ankle into a knee Rotationplasty is an extraordinary form of...

The 10 Worst Mental Health Treatments in History

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Trephination: Holes in Your Head A woman looks at a bronze age skull from Jericho, dated to between 2200 and 2000 BCE, showing the ancient surgical procedure of trephination, the process of...