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The current standard treatment for this disease was described as early as 1550 BCE in the Egyptian medical literature. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebers_Pa

The current standard treatment for this disease was described as early as 1550 BCE in the Egyptian medical literature. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebers_Papyrus https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebers_Papyrus

ruined 5y ago
some things are just obvious. it's hard to be more effective than "grab it and pull"
- chasil 5y ago
  ...gently, for about a month. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis#Treatment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracunculiasis#Treatment
  - nerdponx 5y ago
    Thousands of years is plenty of time for trial and error!