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If you think people nowadays do unusual things, you should check out our comparatively recent history. Here’s a collection of scary things that were permissible in the past! You’ll see that our ancestors used to do things that sound much weirder.
TIMESTAMPS
Cocaine treatment 0:48
Sending kids through the mail 1:56
Outdoor baby cages 2:45
Garden hermit 3:30
Doubtful treatment methods 4:15
Radioactive toys 5:18
Human zoos 7:44
“Amusement excursions” to mental hospitals 8:25
Body parts collection 9:09
Smoking during pregnancy due to doctor’s prescription 9:40
SUMMARY
– 100 years ago, people didn’t treat this substance as something dangerous and harmful. On the contrary, it was available in drugstores and easily sold without a prescription to heal coughs and toothache. Cocaine was also recommended as a sedative for kids. And, as with other pharmaceutical drugs, cocaine was widely advertised.
– It sounds like a joke, but at the beginning of the 20th century, the Americans had an opportunity to send their kids through the mail absolutely lawfully. It cost around 15 cents if their kid weighed no more than a standard parcel.
– In the 1930s, such wire cages were very common among British families. With the help of these dangerous constructions, kids could breathe fresh air while their mothers were busy with household duties. It’s unbelievable, but these cages were considered safe.
– Rich people often have weird whims. But in the past, their obsessions made people suffer. In the 18th century, it was popular to have a personal hermit who lived in your garden. A hermit wasn’t allowed to wash or cut their nails and hair.
– Not so long ago, doctors had no clue about disinfection and used strange methods: bloodletting as a remedy for all diseases, tongue cutting against stammering, as well as lobotomy and electric shock treatment. Even the most successful doctors of that time
– In the 1950s, radiation was treated as quite a safe thing. “Atomic” toys like the mini-laboratories were trendy. The set of experiments included real polonium and uranium in small quantities.
– Human zoos aimed to show people from Asia and Africa as a “proof” of Darwin’s theory and so-called superiority of white people. Such zoos could be found in Paris, London, and Berlin.
– Patients of psychiatric hospitals were treated awfully in the past: staff rarely fed people, though relatives paid for patients’ accommodation. But it wasn’t enough for asylum owners. They created a small business which actually brought big money: willing visitors could pay a certain sum to have a look at the poor people and even poke them with a stick.
– Only insane people collect human body parts as trophies nowadays. But it was just a standard hobby causing no disgust in the past: gentlemen had their pathoanatomical rooms at home.
– Smokers are restricted in many ways today. But 70 years ago, American doctors recommended their patients to smoke to get rid of constipation. So a woman who had just given birth to a baby wasn’t prohibited to smoke in the hospital.
Which dangerous habit of the past shocked you most? Share your opinion in the comments!
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