nifty to People [email protected] • 7 months agoMedieval hardshipsimagemessage-square62arrow-up1717arrow-down116
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minus-squareEcho Dotlinkfedilink11•7 months agoOne common treatment for chickenpox was to drill a hole in the skull. Shockingly this wasn’t very helpful
minus-square@SandmanXClink9•7 months agoNo patient complaints were registered, so it couldn’t have been that bad either.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•7 months agoBut 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
minus-squareIninewCrowlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoIt would have dealt with the swelling immediately but chances are the patient would have died from infection from the operation.
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One common treatment for chickenpox was to drill a hole in the skull. Shockingly this wasn’t very helpful
No patient complaints were registered, so it couldn’t have been that bad either.
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
It would have dealt with the swelling immediately but chances are the patient would have died from infection from the operation.