We Should Be Grateful for the Healthcare We Have. In The Past it was Like a Horror Freak Show, I Can’t Believe #18!
It could be said that at any one time, technology is “state of the art”. But looking back on some of the tech and treatments used in healthcare and medicine in the past, most of them look like they are from a old Hammer horror movie, but when i saw #18, I found it unbelievable!
1.) Tanning babies to offset winter rickets in the Chicago Orphan Asylum (1925).
2.) A Walter Reed physiotherapy (1920s).
3.) An obstetric model used to help students learn about childbirth in an Italian medical school (1700-1800).
4.) A shy woman and her full artificial leg (1890-1900).
5.) A field kit for a Civil War surgeon (1860s).
6.) Dr. Clark’s Spinal Apparatus advertisement (1878)
7.) Lewis Sayre’s scoliosis treatment (1850-1900).
8.) Antique birthing chair (1800s).
9.) Early surgical procedure using ether as an anesthetic (1855-1860).
10.) Radioactive water (1900s).
11.) Radiology nurse technician in WWI France (1918).
12.) Post-mortem brain hemorrhage.
13.) A neurological exam with electrical device (1884).
14.) Wooden prosthetic hand (1800).
15.) A collection of facial prosthetics to hide injuries (1900s).
16.) An antique prosthetic leg.
17.) Traditional blood transfusion bottle from England (1978).
18.) Doctors wearing plague doctor masks, whose beaks were filled with strong smelling substances like lavender (1600s+).
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Source: Reddit