9 Dangerous Things That Used To Be Normal In The Past

6. Basically most medical treatments in history

Not so long ago, bloodletting was thought of as a remedy for all diseases, while tongue cutting was thought to cure stammering (well I guess technically it would can’t stammer if you can’t talk, right?). Even things like lobotomies and electric shock treatments were common, but disinfecting surgical instruments wasn’t. Even the most successful doctors of that time, like surgeon Lewis Sayre, performed many operations with lethal outcomes.

7. Radioactive toys

Before people really understood the dangers of radiation and its horrific effects, ‘atomic’ toys such as this mini-laboratory were really popular. The set came complete with experiments which included real polonium and uranium in small quantities!

8. Body parts collections

As insane as it may sound, people used to collect human body parts as trophies and even displayed them in their own rooms at home. It isn’t even something that was left in the dim and distant past, as you can see in this picture, an American sailor with the skull of a Japanese soldier during the Second World War.

9. Trips to mental hospitals for amusement

Patients of psychiatric hospitals were treated awfully in the past. They were locked away, mostly left untreated and rarely fed, though relatives paid for patients’ accommodation. But the owners of these asylums for the insane saw a business opportunity, and a way of making even more money. So they charged willing visitors a certain sum of money to for a guided tour around the wards, to see the patients, and even poke them with a stick.

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