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Ancient anatomy was basically guesswork. To cure blindness, they squashed a pig's eye and poured the gooey remains directly into the patient's ear, expecting…
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Instead of using anything remotely soothing, historical doctors frequently told severely burned patients to simply slap a hot, heavily boiled onion directly…
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The medical term was 'Album graecum', which is just a fancy way of saying sun-dried white dog poop. They mixed it with honey and forced patients to swallow it…
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The Greeks had a horrific remedy for nerve damage that involved boiling newborn dogs alive in oil. It didn't cure anything, but it definitely ruined…
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Beyond treating severe mental illness, what horrifying reason did doctors frequently use to lobotomize women in the 1950s?
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For centuries, the person who shaved your beard might also cut open your leg. Barber-surgeons were the multitaskers of medieval Europe, handling everything…
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