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STRANGE OLD MEDICAL TREATMENTS

Added on: 5th Mar 2015

 

MOLDY BREAD

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Used to disinfect cuts since the days of ancient Egypt there is

some merit to this. As was eventually discovered, certain fungi can

actually block disease causing bacteria.

 

 

CRYSTAL METH

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Apparently this was Hitler’s medication of choice. His doctor would

inject his buttocks with meth laced vitamins to keep him feeling

“fresh, alert, and active”.

 

 

FARTS IN A JAR

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During the Middle Ages doctors believed that “like cures like”.

So, during the Black Death, which was thought to be cause by lethal

vapours, some doctors encouraged people to store their farts in

jars and take a whiff every time they walked past.

 

 

DEAD MOUSE PASTE

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In ancient Egypt if you had a toothache then mashed mice mixed

with other ingredients were typically applied to the spot.

 

 

THE HALF MOUSE REMEDY

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Equally, if not more disturbing was the fact that in Elizabethan times

mice were cut in half and applied to warts on the skin.

 

 

CROCODILE DUNG

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It’s been used as a contraceptive. We’ll leave it at that.

 

 

POWDER OF SYMPATHY

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Of all the crazy medicines in the 17th century this one probably

took the cake. Intended as a treatment for sword wounds it was

made of earthworms, pig brains, rust, and mummified corpses

all ground into powder.

 

 

ARSENIC

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Although today it’s well known as a poison, in the past it was a

critical ingredient in Chinese medicines, cures for malaria,

and Victorian women even used it as a cosmetic.

 

 

SNAKE OIL

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While today it refers to quack medicine, for centuries it has

been used in China to relieve joint pain.

 


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