We'll apply a mustard sheet and he'll be up and around in no time.
I brought you archaic medical terms for diseases recently, and now I bring you the names of some antiquated medical cures. Click on the links to learn more about each bygone treatment. I compiled the list with the aid of Rudy’s List of Archaic Medical Terms and the memories of my elder relatives. But don’t get too arrogant about how much smarter we are about medicine now. Some of these methods are still used and some people out there are treating their migraines with HeadOn.
- Bloodletting
- Cupping glasses
- Daffy’s Elixir
- Flying blisters
- Goitre sticks
- Leeches
- Mesmerism
- Mustard sheet
- Perkinism
- Plugging
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