#weird medical history

Stories tagged “weird medical history” in the Weird Science History archive — 2 stories connected by this topic.

• The Doctor Who Prescribed 30 Leeches for Everything — and the Paris Dresses Embroidered in His Honor
• The Tomato Pills That Cured Everything — and Contained No Tomato

Related topics: #Archibald Miles #bloodletting #food history #François Broussais #Guy R. Phelps #hirudin #Hirudo medicinalis #John Cook Bennett