Crazy medical therapies that were used in the olden ages
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Heroin, electric shock therapy and manual release, what do these all have in common? Well, they were all used way, way back in the day as medical therapies. This week we dig into a bunch of different therapies that, thankfully, are no longer used today.
sources: 30 Strange Old-Timey Medical Treatments
By Meredith Danko | Nov 19, 2020
Venesection on male patient by Cintio d'Amato, 1671 / National Library of Medicine, Flickr // Public Domain
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618642/strange-medical-treatments-from-history
https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-lasts-medicine/melissa-sartore?ref=nxtlst&collectionId=726&li_source=LI&li_medium=desktop-next-list&l=3070103
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