When Opium Was a Cure-All Remedy, and Other Unusual Historic Medical Cures
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When Opium Was a Cure-All Remedy, and Other Unusual Historic Medical Cures

Tobacco was once believed to be a cure-all remedy for just about every ailment. And sniffing farts was thought to ward off the plague. Before the scientific method revolutionized the medical profession, a lot of medicine throughout history was just trial and error and guesswork. That led to some weird cures that contemporaries nonetheless swore ...