Medicine has come a long way, and that progress becomes crystal clear when you look back at some of the treatments once considered standard care. Many old practices now seem shocking, bizarre, or downright dangerous by today’s standards.
Medical history is full of strange and unsettling practices that were once seen as cutting-edge or completely normal. Before modern science took hold, doctors relied on tradition, superstition, or limited understanding of the human body to treat illness. What was once accepted as standard care now seems shocking or even dangerous by today’s standards.