How different things were. Imagine giving your small child cocaine for their toothache? Well, it was done pretty commonly at one point in time. Heroin too, it was given as a cough suppressant. There were even weirder practices that went on, like cutting a piece of a tongue off or even a brain! These are all really incredible. If anything, it shows how far we’ve come as a race, at least as far as science and health are concerned. Read more about these practices in the link below:
11 Old-Time Medical Procedures That Are Insanely Horrifying
I wonder what our grandchildren would be saying about some of the present medical practices a hundred years from now.