Tag: medical

Arsenic is a poisonous chemical element. It can be found in many medicines and treatments for various conditions. Arsenic poisoning occurs when someone is exposed…

Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a herbaceous annual plant that has been used for centuries in witchcraft and medicine. The plant is native to Europe but…

An Irish cure cure a toothache was to drink water from a human skull, but this use of the human skull as medicine is fairly…

The article below gives us a fascinating look at the morgue master in Washington DC in the early 1900s. The description of the “new” morgue…

Have you ever watched one of those shows or a Youtube video where people eat something weird or gross? Here is a tidbit from the…

This 1905 article about early anatomists drops some very interesting names, such as Madonna Manzolina and Dr. John Shippen. Both are worth further study. Early…

Originally published in 1895, the article below describes what it was like inside a dissecting room. What I found interesting was the description of how…

Are vaccines a medical delusion? That was a question being asked by the authors of an ad that appeared in various U.S. newspapers in 1919….

In the early 1900s, Germany was still executing the condemned with an axe and, like the French, they were also experimenting with the bodies immediately…

There was a huge kissing phobia in the early 1900s and it was recommended to use lemons and an antiseptic kissing screen if there was…