Tag: medical
6 Terrifying Medical Procedures in Victorian England
Victorian England saw medical practices that might seem barbaric or terrifying by today’s standards, largely due to the limited understanding of disease and the lack…
Man plunges 5,000 feet from airplane to cure deafness, fails
Joseph Kling dreamed of joining the Army, but his deafness prevented his acceptance into such a career. In 1924, he decided to test out a…
Young girl swallows hatpin, survives
A young girl swallowed a hatpin after loading it into a pea shooter to use as a dart. Since it was 1910, doctors did not…
Crazy medical advice from 1898
From sleep to bread to brains, here is the crazy advice and opinions of medical doctors and scientists of the late 1800s. Concerning Human Life…
Surgeons buy bodies of living for future dissection
Imagine having the opportunity to sell your cadaver while you are still alive. Healthy Cadavers The science of surgery is at present largely directed toward…
Filthy meat plants shovel meat from floor and onto dirty tables
Imagine eating meat that had been dragged through the spit of workers with tuberculosis and then thrown onto dirty, wooden tables to pick up splinters…
How ether and nitrous oxide parties led to nitrous oxide being used by dentists
In the 1800s, ether and nitrous oxide parties were popular. They were parties where people would hang out, inhale ether and laughing gas, and act…
Insane asylums filled with sane people, mostly unwanted elderly
Unwanted wives were not the only people getting committed to the insane asylums of long ago. The asylums were also a dumping ground for unwanted…
Electric Belts for Weak Men – Electric Schlong Noose
Called the “greatest healing invention of the age,” the electric belt made for men was a popular devise in the late 1800s and early 1900s….
7 Grim Facts About the Evolution of the Ambulance
Ambulances evolved out of the need to get wounded soldiers off the battlefields and into the hands of surgeons and doctors. For civilians, doctors would…
