Tag: medical

While it is an old remedy, snake oil is still used today to help cure different ailments. In Oriental medicine, the oil from the Chinese…

During World War I, newspapers reported that Italian battle heroes were horrified by the thought of taking a dose of castor oil. Anyone who has…

Polio is caused by a highly contagious virus. It is transmitted from one person to another through the environment. The fecal matter from one infected…

The medical science news from the early 1900s makes me stop to scratch my head. The stuff that was reported was… well, it belonged in…

Screwworms: the stuff of nightmares. I can’t handle the sight of maggots, so the knowledge that there are flies that lay their eggs on living mammals…

Imagine putting on a new pair of kid gloves and coming into contact with anthrax? I questioned the validity of this claim, but a quick…

It was the Prohibition. Alcohol was illegal and it was being removed from doctor’s cabinets, having been declared to have no medicinal value. U.S. Attorney…

This 1911 plastic surgery procedure is not for the weak of heart or stomach. The process describes cutting away malformed jaw muscle and attaching the…

For starters, the article below comes from a newspaper printed in 1851. It should not, under any circumstances, be used as medical advice. It is…