Dangerous Old Medical Practices

9 Terrifying Medical Treatments from 1900 and Their …

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3. Plombage Plombage was a risky early 20th century treatment for tuberculosis in which a surgeon would create a cavity in a patient’s lower lung and fill it with a foreign material such as lucite...

5 strange and sinister medical procedures from history

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30 Old-School Medical Practices That Were Seriously …

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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 …

8 Old Medical Practices That Did More Harm Than Good

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Trepanation. Trepanation is one of the oldest medical practices in human history. For over 5,000 years, humans have attempted to cure head pain, skull trauma, …

21 Bizarre Medical Practices From Our Past …

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Bloodletting is known as one of the oldest medical practices, dating back 3000 years to ancient Egypt. The procedure was common in medieval Europe to treat …

The 10 Most Insane Medical Practices in …

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Bloodletting was one of the most enduring and popular medical practices in history, originated by the Greeks and used up until the 19th century for, well, …

10 Ancient Medical Practices That Did More …

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In century’s past many parents and doctors noticed the correlation between the pain of teething and the dangerous period of life when children were susceptible to …

10 Old Medical Practices Worse Than the …

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Medical science has come a long way in the last century, but even with all our advancements we’ve hardly scratched the surface in understanding the wonder that is …

Banned Medical Practices Captured In Unedited Photos

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Yep, medical technicians would immerse a person in a tub of water, or as this photo shows, just immerse their limbs, and run mild electrical charges through the water. …