28 Terrifying Medical Procedures and Devices from Days Long Ago
As time marches on, everything around us changes.
Technology, infrastructure, travel, and of course, medicine are ever-evolving industries. Now we know times have changed, but looking back at some of these old medical devices you'd be shocked to learn that while most of them aren't torture devices, they sure do appear to resemble them.
From plague masks to iron lungs, here are some of the most out-there medical devices ever used by doctors.
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Masks worn by doctors during the Plague. The beaks held scented substances to mask the scent of death and dying.
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Children in an iron lung before the advent of the polio vaccination. Many children lived for months in these machines, though not all survived. c. 1937
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Obstetric phantom, Italy 1700-1800. Tool to teach medical students and midwives about childbirth
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Anatomical Model. Doctors were not allowed to touch the women's bodies, so they would point to describe pain locations
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Leonid Rogozov, the only surgeon on an Antarctic expedition, performing surgery on himself after suffering from appendicitis. April 30, 1961
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