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Cocaine, Chloroform, and Other Old-Timey Medical Cures

Feeling sick? You might not want to try these historical medical treatments. In this week’s episode of The List Show, Erin (@erincmccarthy) shares 28 old-timey medical cures that you should probably avoid using at all costs. From “asthma cigarettes” (designed to cure, not cause, asthma) to ground up bird beaks, these historical medical cures prove that medical science wasn’t always much of a science.

English
  • Originally Aired April 19, 2019
  • Runtime 7 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created April 20, 2019 by
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