urine therapy This therapy has been known to be in use since
the 1600's but it was popularized in the early 20th century.
This therapy included drinking urine, massaging it into skin and gums and bathing in it.
By 1918 doctors were prescribing urine therapy to thousands of patients,
For a toothache patients were told to massage urine into there gums and rinse their mouth
out with it, for sores on the skin or minor cuts, patients
were told to massage urine into their skin and also bathe in urine.
Patients were also told to drink urine and give themselves urine enima's for all different
types of conditions. Urine therapy was also used during the plague
and during medieval times urine was used to treat battle wounds.
It has also been used as a antiseptic and some doctors believe that urine therapy has
a anti cancer effect. there is no scientific evidence that urine
cures anything. In 1978 the prime minister of india said that
urine therapy is the perfect medical solution for millions of indians who
cannot afford medical treatment. Some people still use urine therapy today,
madonna said that she urinates on her feet to help cure a athletes foot problem
and also UFC fighter lyoto machida said that he drinks his own urine.
trepanning This method dates back to 6500BC and although
it is no longer used by doctors a women had it performed on her in the early 2000's
it involved drilling a hole into a persons skull to expose their brain.
It was thought to cure epilepsy, migraines and mental disorders and also physical problems
such as skull fractures. During the procedure a hole would be drilled
into a persons head then the shattered parts of the skull would be removed
and blood would be cleaned from the skull leaving the person with a hole in their head.
This method was commonly used by many civilizations, the mayans and incas would use this method
as a body modification. Many people would die from this method because
as their was a hole which exposed their brain many airborne germs would enter
the hole and would cause infection eventually leading to death.
In 2001 a women from england got amateur surgeons to perform trepanning on her she said after
the procedure she felt better and had more mental clarity.
She performed the first incision herself using a scalpel while the doctors held a mirror
to guide her. the doctors pled guilty to practicing medicine
without a license and they under went psychiatric tests.
blood letting This procedure is the removal of blood from
a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. It is one of the most popular medical practices
in history it was based a ancient system of medicine in which blood
and other bodily fluids were regarded as humors.Humors were believed to be a excess of four distinct
bodily fluids. these bodily fluids were yellow bile which
represented fire, blood which represented air, black bile which
represented earth and phlegm which represented water.
people believed that these humors had to keep in balance and if you started to feel sick
then it meant you had to much blood and had to go get it drained.
Doctors would drain people's blood using leaches and also use a method called breathing a vein,
during this method they would tie a persons arm making the vein swell then
they would cut the vein to drain the persons blood.
blood letting was used to treat fevers, headaches and almost every other illness or disease
This procedure was used up until the late 19th century and was used for almost 2000
years. It became so common that people would get
their blood drained regularly because they believed it would keep them healthy.
female hysteria cure This procedure is quite controversial, it
was used in the 19th century for women who complained of mood swings, nervousness,
insomnia and irritability. Doctors told the women that the symptoms were
of a serious medical condition called female hysteria and could lead to
the females going crazy or even worse. Now time for the prescriptions, in order to
cure the female hysteria doctors told the females that they could help relieve
their symptoms by massaging their private areas until they reach what doctors called
hysterical paroxysm in other words a orgasm.
The females agreed as they just wanted the symptoms to go, doctors would also prescribe
several vibrating toys. Doctors done this as they believed sexual
desire was what was causing the symptoms this method can be traced backed to the ancient
Greeks as they had a similar procedure called the wandering womb.
The Greeks believed that a womens womb was a separate creature that could move on its
own and if a women was celibate for a long time the womb would try to escape
causing seizures and hysteria, to prevent this women were recommended to
marry young and have as many children as possible and have sex with their
husbands as many times as possible so the womb doesnt escape and to help alleviate their
hysteria. During the early 20th century this method
declined in use as people got a greater understanding of hysteria and was able
to prescribe drugs for it. To me it just looks like men trolled women
to get some action but what do you think.
cannibal cures This dates back to the roman empire up to
the 17th century, it was used to cure headaches, muscle cramps and stomach ulcers.
Doctors prescribed a concoction of human flesh, bones and blood. Just imagine a punch bowl
filled with a red gooey mess. It was known as corpse medicine and was used
for hundreds of years. The romans believed that the blood of dead
gladiators could cure epilepsy, and in the 12th century apothecaries where
known for selling something called mummy powder this was a powder made up of ground up mummys
looted from egypt. Also during the 17th century King Charles
the 2nd was known to drink a brew called the King's Drops it was a mixture
of crumbled humans skulls and alcohol. It was also believed that the healing properties
of the cannibal cures where magical and came from the deceased
person spirit who was being consumed. Skulls where prescribed for migraines and
human fat was prescribed for muscles aches. Some ill people would attend executions in
hopes of being able to drink some of executed persons blood.
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