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Found this interesting article that shows old fashioned medical treatments.  As a nurse, I've always been interested in the history of medicine. 

18 Vintage Medical Photos Are Both Creepy And Fascinating

With the wonders modern medicine works every day, it's easy to forget how tough the early days of medicine were. Even as the scientific method informed the development of new drugs, techniques, and tools, there were plenty of quacks looking to cash in and few avenues to hold them to account. And there were mistakes. Lots of mistakes. For many patients, the cure was often as harrowing as the disease. So have a look at the photos below and be thankful that you're living in the 21st century.

1. Patients at mental institutions were restrained with wet blankets.

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2. Protective gear for a radiology nurse, circa 1918.

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3. Early treatment of rickets involved tanning during the winter months; circa 1925.

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4. Dr. Lewis Sayre treating scoliosis, checking the curvature of the spine.

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5. Dr. Clark's Spinal Apparatus, circa 1878, one of the more bizarre and least practical treatments for scoliosis.

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6. An early defibrillator, circa 1940s.

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Your picture of the mental institute reminded me of a summer when I worked at a State Mental Institution and they were using electro-shock therapy. A cloth in the mouth and a fair amount of electricity applied to each side of the head. A few years later I heard this type of therapy had been done away with, but again I hear that recently it is in favor again. I can still remember how much fear the patients had on the day they got this treatment and what a dazed condition they were in after it....

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7. Physiotherapy used to be hands-off, seen here at Walter Reed circa 1920.

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8. Surgery wasn't always performed under an aesthesia; this one using ether, circa 1855, was a step in the right direction.

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9. An anatomical model of a pregnant woman so doctors wouldn't have to teach using a real woman. The coffin reinforces that only the anatomies of dead people should be studied. Circa 1680.

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10. European birthing chair, circa 1750. It's adjustable!

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11. Somewhere between a gurney and a wheelchair, an "invalid rolling cart" circa 1915.

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12. "Healing" radioactive water, circa 1928.

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13. We hope this prosthetic leg, circa 1890, served her well.

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14. This prosthetic hand, circa 1800, suggests many advancements in 90 years.

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15. Stacking up polio sufferers in a multi-person iron lung, circa 1950.

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16. Medical heroin, developed and sold by Bayer in the 1890s.

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17. The cure that may have caused never-ending toothaches. Circa 1885.

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18. A jar for leeches, circa 1800s.

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My grandma actually owned something similar to this. Hers was square but the same length and design. It was one of the first stethoscopes.

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I'm morbidly interested in old medical care and devices.

I really want to visit the National Medical museum.

There are several, but the one in Maryland is where I want to start.

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They still use indoor "tanning" to treat jaundice. And now, one of the physical therapies for scoliosis is to be hung upside down on an inversion table. I wonder if that will make this list in 100 years.

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They are beginning to use leeches again also!

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I wore something very similar to this when I was a baby to correct pigeon toes.



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We still sell medical heroin under various other names for opiates.

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