Suck it Up

I’m reading a lot of medical journals these days. As I was browsing Medical Magazine, dated 1833, I kept coming across lines like this one:

A quick search of the whole journal brought up dozens upon dozens of references to using leeches to cure any number of ills. Here’s just a small sampling:

For rheumatic fever:

For glossitis (an inflammation of the tongue):

For epilepsy: And cholera: Eye pain? Why not apply leeches to the eyelids? For insanity and menstrual disorders? They put them *cringe* here: And for mumps, they put them on the *wince* testicles: Anyway, you get the idea.

 

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