These photos show terrifying and strange medical devices from history, 1900s-1950s

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Medical sciences in the early parts of the 20th century were far advanced from the medieval days of leeches, but still, most of the treatments and medical devices were misguided and often even barbaric by our modern standards. Seeming to mean well, bizarre contraptions were built, claiming to aid the ailing patients. A little pseudoscience […]