Things Doctors Were Once Allowed to do
It’s really easy for us to under appreciate the level of healthcare that is available to us today. We don’t need to worry about succumbing to diseases like TB that were once a death sentence and completely incurable. These days we have vaccines, reliable treatments, diagnostic technology, and medicine for almost every type of ailment – from common coughs all the way up to serious illnesses. Surgery, which was once extremely dangerous, is now controlled and precise and carried out in sterile conditions. Doctors have an incredible understanding of the human body and new technology is helping them make strides all the time.
But all this amazing medicine and technology has only become available in the past
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This surgery – which was performed with no anesthesia by the way, involved cutting away a part of the tongue. Doctors at the time believed that stuttering began in the vocal cords and that by removing a triangular portion of tongue they could help the patient speak more clearly. Not only was the treatment ineffective but many patients died from blood loss while it was carried out.
14 Treat Hemorrhoids With A Hot Metal Rod
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Hemorrhoids, also commonly known as piles, are painful and embarrassing but with modern medicine this ailment is relatively easy to treat. And if they become too severe surgeons are even able to operate to remove them. It’s still not the kind of ailment you feel comfortable talking about but at least there is help available.
In the past you would have not been so lucky. The onset of a hemorrhoid would have meant that you were in for an even more painful remedy.
The ancient treatment for piles was to crouch naked in front of your doctor while he heated a thin metal rod in the fire. When it was white hot he would remove it and place it – yip you guessed it – into your anus. By doing this they hoped to pop the hemorrhoid or cauterize it. And of course there was no such thing as anesthesia so you would just have tough it