Bizarre Medical Treatments That Were Once Normal

Published on 07/01/2021
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Cocaine Treatment

Cocaine was made illegal in the United States in 1914, but before that, it was extensively used to cure a variety of illnesses ranging from depression to toothache. Cocaine has a “long and illustrious history as a medication and local anesthetic,” according to a study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse. Sigmund Freud, the Austrian neurologist, and creator of psychoanalysis were one of the most renowned — and vocal — supporters of cocaine as a treatment for mental illness. However, he was “almost wrecked” by his own cocaine usage, and withdrew his support.

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Cocaine Treatment

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Snail Slime Skincare

According to the University of Oxford, a cure for warts used to include putting a black snail’s slime over a wart and then hanging the snail from a thorn. Warts perished along with the snail (apparently). It had to be done nine nights in a succession to guarantee that the wart was fully removed. A big black slug was employed instead in certain areas of England, but it was all about the slime.

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Snail Slime Skincare

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