The 25 Most Amazing Treatments in History
The history of medicine is full of wild stories about strange methods of treatment and medical procedures in which pain and suffering played an important role. Despite the noble and sincere desire of doctors to find humane ways to rid patients of ailments, sometimes some of the medical procedures were much more dangerous than the disease itself.
Here are 25 examples from the list of the craziest treatments in the history of medicine. Let's just say we are lucky to live in our own time…
Clyster for a better quality of life.
Treatment of hemorrhoids with a red-hot iron.
Moldy bread was considered an excellent medicine.
Snail syrup for the treatment of throat and ears.
Dog poop from a sore throat.
Scorpions for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Smoking supposedly cures asthma.
The mummy powder was the aspirin of the Arab world.
Ecstasy for manic-depressive patients.
Sheep liver was used in Mesopotamia for diagnosis.
Crocodile droppings for birth control.
Bloodletting "forced" the disease to leave the body along with the blood.
Paraffin wax is anti-aging.
Mercury is a universal medicine.
Heroin syrup for cough and insomnia.
Paste from a dead mouse for toothache.
Goat testicles are a cure for male impotence.
Cannibalism is a cure for muscle cramps.
A "sugar coma" could cure you of schizophrenia.
Malaria treating syphilis.
Dolphin therapy.
Lobotomy.
"Sympathy powder."
Resection of half of the tongue is a cure for stuttering.
Trepanation of the skull "saved" from headaches.