Description

In this episode, we discusses various historical medical practices, many of which are now considered bizarre and dangerous. These include bloodletting and the use of mercury as a cure-all elixir. Other practices involved using human body parts as medicine, trepanation, the use of a chainsaw-like device for childbirth, and more. 

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Resources from this episode - 

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573364/

https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death#how-did-the-black-plague-start

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history/

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035173/1855-05-09/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1777&index=12&rows=20&words=milk+transfusion&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=milk+transfusion&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&loclr=blogser

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc2.ark:/13960/t18m00k9q&view=1up&seq=412&skin=2021

https://www.history.com/news/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618642/strange-medical-treatments-from-history