Weird medical practice
This substance was believed to be the perfect substitute for blood, and the fatty/oily qualities would become white blood cells.
a. Animal blood
b. Chicken broth
c. Milk
d. Pork fat
C. Milk
While a few instances of this procedure were successful, many resulted in death.
This animal was believed to be able to cure a lot of illness like coughs and smallpox.
a. chicken
b. sheep
c. mouse
d. fish
c. mouse
What oil is used to relieve joint pain?
a. olive oil
b. chicken oil
c. snake oil
d. crocodile oil
c. snake oil
Vin Mariani tonic inspired the creation of
coca cola
These places uses mice as a remedy. Which one is it?
a. Greece and Egypt
b. Egypt and England
c. England and India
d. India and Greece
b. Egypt and England
In one instance, the injection of milk dropped the patient’s pulse immediately, to the point where they had to be resuscitated with a combination of _________.
a. Morphine and Whiskey
b. Chloroform and Milk
c. Bleach and Vodka
d. Cough syrup and Soda
a. Morphine and Whiskey
The patient only lived for 10 days.
With no blood tests or X-rays, how did ancient healers diagnose illness? In Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), practitioners made judgments not by inspecting the patient but by _______________________.
a. examining the livers of sacrificed sheep.
b. doing a ritual involving throwing rocks at the sick person
c. mindreading
d. biting the person so they can get a read of the sickenss
a. examining the livers of sacrificed sheep.
Bloodletting was a popular medical practice used to treat diseases such as smallpox, epilepsy, and the plague. The procedure involved removing blood from the patient's body with a _________.
a. mosquito
b. leech
c. knife
d. dog
b. leech
During Victorian times, people came up with a radical solution to reduce weight by eating
a. tapeworm
b. coca leaves
c. chicken leg
d. foie gras
a. tapeworm
When was the "powder of sympathy" made?
a. 15th century
b. 17th century
c. 19th century
d. 20th century
b. 17th century
There was a treatment that was believed to be a cure for asthma. What was it?
a. Helium Gas
b. Mercury
c. Chloroform
d. Milk
c. Chloroform
There was an article that claims that one treatment with chloroform completely relieved all symptoms of asthma. This belief would eventually result in the deaths of patients who had overdosed during an asthma attack.
There was a medicine by Sir Kenelm Digby's "Powder Of Sympathy." What was it made of?
a. foei gras, pig brain, dried animal blood, earthworm
b. earthworms, pig brain, iron oxide (rust), bits of mummified corpses
c. earthworm, dirt, mushroom, pig brain
d. earthworm, dirt, dried animal blood, bits of mummified corpses
b. earthworms, pig brain, iron oxide (rust), bits of mummified corpses
What was a popular medical treatment from ancient times for its supposed ability to increase lifespan and vitality?
a. Snake oil
b. Mercury
c. Cyanide
d. all of the above
b. Mercury
In Ancient Rome, people thought they could treat rabies by eating
a. raw horse meat
b. raw veal
c. raw fish
d. raw chicken
b. raw veal
Fowler's Solution, is a purported cure for malaria and syphilis. When was it in use?
a. 17th - 18th century
b. 17th - 20th century
c. 18th - 19th century
d. 18th - 20th century
d. 18th - 20th century
Many believed that allergy symptoms caused by pollen (also known as hay fever) could be alleviated with the application of _____________.
a. Morphine
b. Cocaine
c. Rubbing alcohol
d. Chicken leg
b. Cocaine
This thing is used in a lot of old medicine. It was a key ingredient in many patent medicines, including Fowler's Solution, a purported cure for malaria and syphilis.
a. Mercury
b. Arsenic
c. Cyanide
d. Chloroform
b. Arsenic
For the ancient Babylonians, most illnesses were thought to be the result of demonic forces. For example, if a patient ground their teeth, the healer might suspect that the ghost of a deceased family member was trying to contact them as they slept. According to ancient necromantic texts, the doctor would recommend ___________
a. sleeping by a human skull for a week
b. surround self with dead animals
c. drinking a mix of honey, milk and nightshade
d. going to the exorcists
a. sleeping by a human skull for a week
During Genghis Khan’s days, the Mongols ate ____________ to cure a hangover.
a. raw chicken
b. pig brain
c. pickled sheep's eye
d. dead mouse
c. pickled sheep's eye
Bloodletting was a popular medical practice dating back to ____________.
a. ancient mesopotamia
b. ancient egypt
c. ancient rome
d. the dark ages
b. ancient egypt
This was believed to be able to relieve toothache by putting it in the mouth.
a. foie gras
b. raw chicken leg
c. ice cube
d. dead mouse
d. dead mouse
This is used as a disinfectant.
a. mouse
b. milk
c. moldy bread
d. rotten wood
c. moldy bread
Vin Mariani tonic was introduced as a general cure-all product promising to treat whatever ailment you may have it contains ____________
a. wine and nightshade
b. wine and cocaine
c. milk and chloroform
d. arsenic and milk
b. wine and cocaine
This was thought to help prevent the black plague.
a. laughing gas
b. helium
c. fart
b. ammonia
c. fart
Bloodletting was still in practice until the _____________
a. 18th century
b. 19th century
c. 20th century
d. 21st century
b. 19th century