18. Bizarre Old School Medicine

In this episode, we discusses various historical medical practices, many of which are now considered bizarre and dangerous. These include bloodletting and the use of mercury as a cure-all elixir. Other practices involved using human body parts as medicine, trepanation, the use of a chainsaw-like device for childbirth, and more.  As always, send us your spooky encounters or topic ideas to us on IG, Twitter, Facebook, or email -  @ghoulgabpod // [email protected]  Like, follow, and rate us!  Visit our website - https://ghoulgabpod.wixsite.com/ghoulgabpod  Shop our fav books - https://bookshop.org/shop/ghoulgab    Resources from this episode -  https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fun-fact-unfortunately-chainsaws-were-invented-for-childbirth https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3573364/ https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/black-death#how-did-the-black-plague-start https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/04/10-strange-medical-practices-from-history/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83035173/1855-05-09/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1777&index=12&rows=20&words=milk+transfusion&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1963&proxtext=milk+transfusion&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1&loclr=blogser https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc2.ark:/13960/t18m00k9q&view=1up&seq=412&skin=2021 https://www.history.com/news/7-unusual-ancient-medical-techniques https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618642/strange-medical-treatments-from-history