stackyFACTSHow did 19th-century doctors accidentally invent the modern vibrator during routine hospital visits?
Keep exploring facts in this topic.
History →STACKY FOR IPHONEKeep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.
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…
Discover more
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…
Discover more
Victorian women were so utterly desperate to achieve the perfect fragile romantic look that they literally dripped toxic nightshade extract directly into…
Discover more
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…
Discover more
Bayer pharmaceutical company aggressively marketed literal heroin as a safe, non-addictive cough suppressant for children in the late nineteenth century. Long…
Discover moreIt turns out having chunks of your flesh actively rotting off makes you an incredibly intimidating opponent on the battlefield. During the Crusades,…
Discover more