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Medieval hardships (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/whitepeopletwitter

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

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