nifty to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agoMedieval hardshipsimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1717arrow-down116
arrow-up1701arrow-down1imageMedieval hardshipsnifty to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 9 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoOne common treatment for chickenpox was to drill a hole in the skull. Shockingly this wasn’t very helpful
minus-squareSandmanXClinkfedilinkarrow-up9·9 months agoNo patient complaints were registered, so it couldn’t have been that bad either.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·9 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-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIt would have dealt with the swelling immediately but chances are the patient would have died from infection from the operation.
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.