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[-] Baku@aussie.zone 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hell, even half of their "treatments" ended up making the problem worse or killing you even quicker

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 1 year ago

One common treatment for chickenpox was to drill a hole in the skull. Shockingly this wasn't very helpful

[-] SandmanXC@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

No patient complaints were registered, so it couldn't have been that bad either.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

But drilling a hole in your head did solve some other problems like brain swelling, so without knowing better and having no alternatives, I could see why one would try

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It would have dealt with the swelling immediately but chances are the patient would have died from infection from the operation.

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