We've all been sick, but not all of us would think to strap a live plucked chicken to our swollen nodes and cross our fingers that it makes us better. In ancient times, sometimes the cure was worse than the disease.
#History #Ancient #Medicine
Mercury remedies | 0:00
Opium | 1:17
Tobacco | 2:28
Poop soup | 3:29
Leeches | 4:46
Cocaine | 6:07
Sulfur | 7:02
Urine | 7:55
Holes in the head | 8:53
Corpse medicine | 9:45
Live naked chickens | 10:38
Sweat | 11:23
Voiceover by: Tim Bensch
Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/451800/ancient-medicine-that-did-more-harm-than-good/
#History #Ancient #Medicine
Mercury remedies | 0:00
Opium | 1:17
Tobacco | 2:28
Poop soup | 3:29
Leeches | 4:46
Cocaine | 6:07
Sulfur | 7:02
Urine | 7:55
Holes in the head | 8:53
Corpse medicine | 9:45
Live naked chickens | 10:38
Sweat | 11:23
Voiceover by: Tim Bensch
Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/451800/ancient-medicine-that-did-more-harm-than-good/
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