Horrifying Things We Used To Use As Medicine
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Date: 2025-01-21
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weird_history
That last sentence killed the value of this video. There is a vast difference between treatments with mercury or bloodletting, and current medicine based on actual scientific research. Yes, science is always on the move and it's likely that new treatments will replace current ones, but that does not mean that current treatments are as useless and dangerous as the ones described in this video. Everybody who has not had smallpox, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, nor any disease prevented with vaccines can attest that. Everybody who had an infection and didn't die from it can attest that antibiotics work. Everybody who had a complicated fracture, stones in their gallbladder, needed a valve in their heart replaced or a tumor in their brain removed, can attest that surgery and asepsia/antisepsia work.
The States are at the brink of having an antivaxxer as Secretary of Health and stopping all research on infectious diseases as he wants. This is not the time for seeding mistrust on medicine based on scientific evidence.
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That last sentence killed the value of this video. There is a vast difference between treatments with mercury or bloodletting, and current medicine based on actual scientific research. Yes, science is always on the move and it's likely that new treatments will replace current ones, but that does not mean that current treatments are as useless and dangerous as the ones described in this video. Everybody who has not had smallpox, tuberculosis, polio, diphtheria, nor any disease prevented with vaccines can attest that. Everybody who had an infection and didn't die from it can attest that antibiotics work. Everybody who had a complicated fracture, stones in their gallbladder, needed a valve in their heart replaced or a tumor in their brain removed, can attest that surgery and asepsia/antisepsia work.
The States are at the brink of having an antivaxxer as Secretary of Health and stopping all research on infectious diseases as he wants. This is not the time for seeding mistrust on medicine based on scientific evidence.
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jakobwild5886
Not so much worse than some of things we use
now. could say the same about many foods too and at least whatever they were eating gross as it may have been it wasnt pumped full prerservatives and artificial flavorings also known to be carcinogenic so yeah can try to make things seem worse. I didnt watch but Im sure mercury got a mention and yet they still put mercury in vaccines. they claim there is its not enough to hurt you but they also taught in school any mercury is bad so yeah think what one may but theres not much that is much better and theres definitely nothing new
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Not so much worse than some of things we use
now. could say the same about many foods too and at least whatever they were eating gross as it may have been it wasnt pumped full prerservatives and artificial flavorings also known to be carcinogenic so yeah can try to make things seem worse. I didnt watch but Im sure mercury got a mention and yet they still put mercury in vaccines. they claim there is its not enough to hurt you but they also taught in school any mercury is bad so yeah think what one may but theres not much that is much better and theres definitely nothing new
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sirloin8745
We still believe MILK is good for your health, as the Farming Industry pays a LOT to the US Government.
Japan has one of the lowest diets to include milk and, has one of the lowest levels of Osteoporosis.
The calcium in milk actually leaches out the Magnesium & Potassium your healthy bones need.
The US Government of course, would rather accept the extra bribes to keep the farming industry going.
There are too many vested interests’, for the Government to actually CARE FOR ITS’ CONSTITUENTS.
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We still believe MILK is good for your health, as the Farming Industry pays a LOT to the US Government.
Japan has one of the lowest diets to include milk and, has one of the lowest levels of Osteoporosis.
The calcium in milk actually leaches out the Magnesium & Potassium your healthy bones need.
The US Government of course, would rather accept the extra bribes to keep the farming industry going.
There are too many vested interests’, for the Government to actually CARE FOR ITS’ CONSTITUENTS.
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LittleKitty22
It's so much better nowadays! We can all take tons of antidepressants and tranquilizers, painkillers and antipsychotics that leave us totally numb, unable to remember our own names and void of anything resembling emotions or a personality! Isn't it brilliant, now we can no longer feel anything, all we have to do is swallow the meds and believe anything we get told by those who are so much cleverer and better than we are!
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It's so much better nowadays! We can all take tons of antidepressants and tranquilizers, painkillers and antipsychotics that leave us totally numb, unable to remember our own names and void of anything resembling emotions or a personality! Isn't it brilliant, now we can no longer feel anything, all we have to do is swallow the meds and believe anything we get told by those who are so much cleverer and better than we are!
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nazfan01
My grandmother (1913-2011) had a young sister (1917-1939) that died at age 21, not making it to her 22nd birthday. I was born 23 years after her death. I heard about this for years but never was told why she died so young. Then I got Ancestry to do family research and that is when I found out that she died at an mental asylum.
She died from shock treatment what was considered a cure for mental issues at the time
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My grandmother (1913-2011) had a young sister (1917-1939) that died at age 21, not making it to her 22nd birthday. I was born 23 years after her death. I heard about this for years but never was told why she died so young. Then I got Ancestry to do family research and that is when I found out that she died at an mental asylum.
She died from shock treatment what was considered a cure for mental issues at the time
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seanmalloy7249
some 'Illnesses' are _still_ treated with leeches. To treat venous congestion stemming from microsurgery to reattach body parts, leeches are often used to reduce swelling, and are also used to help treat symptoms for varicose veins, muscle cramps, thrombophlebitis, and joint diseases such as epicondylitis and osteoarthritis.
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some 'Illnesses' are _still_ treated with leeches. To treat venous congestion stemming from microsurgery to reattach body parts, leeches are often used to reduce swelling, and are also used to help treat symptoms for varicose veins, muscle cramps, thrombophlebitis, and joint diseases such as epicondylitis and osteoarthritis.
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Catmomdogmom
I’m glad I’m not a smoker I’ve never been a smoker before and I will never smoke because I’ve grown up are people who smoked and I didn’t like the smell and I still don’t I tried smoking once but I didn’t like the taste and smell and ever since then I’ve never touched cigarettes other any other tobacco products
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I’m glad I’m not a smoker I’ve never been a smoker before and I will never smoke because I’ve grown up are people who smoked and I didn’t like the smell and I still don’t I tried smoking once but I didn’t like the taste and smell and ever since then I’ve never touched cigarettes other any other tobacco products
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J-Bibble
Let's not forget about Thorotrast - that could have been on your list. Who would have thought that injecting a radioactive metal might be dangerous And they're still using horribly dangerous treatments, cures and contrasts today including toxic heavy metals (e. g, gadolinium.
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Let's not forget about Thorotrast - that could have been on your list. Who would have thought that injecting a radioactive metal might be dangerous And they're still using horribly dangerous treatments, cures and contrasts today including toxic heavy metals (e. g, gadolinium.
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weird_history
Great content, as always! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (mistake turkey blossom warfare blade until bachelor fall squeeze today flee guitar. How should I go about transferring them to Binance
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Great content, as always! Could you help me with something unrelated: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (mistake turkey blossom warfare blade until bachelor fall squeeze today flee guitar. How should I go about transferring them to Binance
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spicy_toilet_water
Imagine being a dead Egyptian royal that was mummified, and you find out somehow close fat alcoholic named Johnathan in an era long after yours, has powdered your remains and is now snorting it like coke off an escorts ass in a private parlor in a mansion.
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Imagine being a dead Egyptian royal that was mummified, and you find out somehow close fat alcoholic named Johnathan in an era long after yours, has powdered your remains and is now snorting it like coke off an escorts ass in a private parlor in a mansion.
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zeusathena26
Chain saws were invented to aid in child birth! They were hand cranked. They looked like a egg beater with a bunch of scalpels on it. The woman wasn't expected to survive. They were just hoping the baby did. They were reimaged for wood later.
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Chain saws were invented to aid in child birth! They were hand cranked. They looked like a egg beater with a bunch of scalpels on it. The woman wasn't expected to survive. They were just hoping the baby did. They were reimaged for wood later.
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bjs301
Nothing has really changed. Pharmacies today are full of over-the-counter homeopathic remedies, and nearly all medical use of cannabinoids is a scam. People are suckers, and people in misery are some of the biggest suckers.
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Nothing has really changed. Pharmacies today are full of over-the-counter homeopathic remedies, and nearly all medical use of cannabinoids is a scam. People are suckers, and people in misery are some of the biggest suckers.
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zeusathena26
Urine has been used as a cleaner, in the production of wool, & in makking black powder for blullets, & explosives. Both urine, & fexes was used as manure, & in leather making, in some places it still is.
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Urine has been used as a cleaner, in the production of wool, & in makking black powder for blullets, & explosives. Both urine, & fexes was used as manure, & in leather making, in some places it still is.
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kellychuang8373
That's good and also hard to imagine then again times now really are tough and also have to be careful about those people out there trying to sell quick fixes now too or snake oil salesmen.
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That's good and also hard to imagine then again times now really are tough and also have to be careful about those people out there trying to sell quick fixes now too or snake oil salesmen.
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Aldeillusions
At least then- we knew- now they put lead and toxic waste in our med and food- flouride in the water- I'll take my chances with the historical poisons! Be safe out there!
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At least then- we knew- now they put lead and toxic waste in our med and food- flouride in the water- I'll take my chances with the historical poisons! Be safe out there!
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spencerock2187
My grandfather used to use Mercurochrome on my wounds as a child. Later find out that it is banned in the US because it has or is made with mercury I think I'm okay lol.
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My grandfather used to use Mercurochrome on my wounds as a child. Later find out that it is banned in the US because it has or is made with mercury I think I'm okay lol.
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PegEOisme
Mercury is not really in the past. It is in vaccines. any vaccines. I have a mouth full of mercury. All those fillings I acquired have copious amounts of mercury in them.
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Mercury is not really in the past. It is in vaccines. any vaccines. I have a mouth full of mercury. All those fillings I acquired have copious amounts of mercury in them.
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colindeer9657
I think drilling into the skull without anaesthetic would have been one of the worst experiences ever. The pain of the procedure alone would have been horrendous!
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I think drilling into the skull without anaesthetic would have been one of the worst experiences ever. The pain of the procedure alone would have been horrendous!
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johngalt97
We didn't figure out how the brain/spinal column CSF system rid itself of spent metabolites until 2012, and we still don't understand it well (glymphatic system.
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We didn't figure out how the brain/spinal column CSF system rid itself of spent metabolites until 2012, and we still don't understand it well (glymphatic system.
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annieoakley4795
Most otc and prescription medications ingredients would horrify you if you paid attention. Pharmaceuticals are alternative meds NOT growing your own meds.
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Most otc and prescription medications ingredients would horrify you if you paid attention. Pharmaceuticals are alternative meds NOT growing your own meds.
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