What Ailments Were These Horrific Medical Treatments Supposed to Cure? Take Our Quiz

Modern medicine has come a long way from leeches and blistering, but we are still plagued by many of the same ancient ills: kidney stones, unwanted pregnancies, infections … forks to the eye. How would these conditions have been treated before the age of anesthesia, ultrasounds, and antibiotics?

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