Contents
- 1/ 7 Iron lung, or breathing in a steel prison
- 2/ 7 Guardian of the royal anus or what to do with hemorrhoids
- 3/ 7 Morphine and heroin – how to silence cough and naughty kids
- 4/ 7 Electric shock does not cure impotence or alcoholism
- 5/ 7 Tonsil extractor. Guillotine inside the throat
- 6/ 7 A hole in the head, or how to chase away pain and evil spirits
- 7/ 7 Radioactive water, or a drug that destroys health
The principle that progress requires sacrifice is most effective in medicine. Some historical surgical instruments or treatments carried out in the old days make our hair stand on the head. The patients drank poisonous radioactive water, had holes drilled in their heads or were subjected to electroshocking. We will tell you about the strangest and scariest medical practices.
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- Demisexualism
In times of labeling and cataloging virtually everything, many new categories appear. The old theoretical framework is not enough to describe in detail …
- Who Was Alzheimer’s? Few people know that he died in Wrocław
In 1903, Auguste D. became the patient of Alois Alzheimer. the woman had problems with orientation, was hallucinating and delusional. Alzheimer’s …
- What awaits us if we drink alcohol every day for a month? Four main symptoms have been described
Anyone who has a good time with a glass of something stronger in their hand does not think about the effects of alcohol on their body. We know that long-term drinking …