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This reminds me of chloroform. Some scientists were hanging out “experimenting” with substances they made (presumably huffing things and getting high?) when th
by steve_adams_86 4y ago
This reminds me of chloroform.
Some scientists were hanging out “experimenting” with substances they made (presumably huffing things and getting high?) when they apparently realized chloroform could have medical applications.
So, one of them used it on a patient a couple days later.
They claimed they had discovered this property of chloroform independently, but it had been described as an anaesthetic a couple years earlier.
Regardless, medicine in the 1800s was pretty fast and loose.
- tylergetsay 4y agoI love reading old medicine books, they include stuff like wine pairings for medications
- meepmorp 4y agoThese days, I'd use Reddit for that.
- nathancahill 4y agoSame with old bird books, some of the originals have tasting notes for each of the birds they described.
- tylermac1 4y agoI found a "Backwoods Surgery and Medicine" book from 1910 at my grandparent's house. Half of the pain-related guidance involved cocaine in some form.
- mmastrac 4y agoIf people didn't enjoy it so much, it would probably be an impressively flexible medication.
- throwaway0a5e 4y agoIf we ever legalized it it would probably replace or augment caffeine in just about everything overnight.
- epicureanideal 4y agoBut aren’t there probably long term harmful consequences of cocaine even in small doses?
- bnjms 4y agoPure cocaine? Maybe? But many people do smaller amounts for years and we don’t know about it. What I‘ve always wondered what drugs is it that burn people out in that recognizable way. And what ones are fairly recoverable.
- cultofmetatron 4y agoindiginous people have been consuming coca leaves with no bad effects for thousands of years. the dose makes the poison. by comparison, if you snorted pure caffine powder. you'd literally die
- safeimp 4y agoHave a source/pictures you can link to?
- nemo44x 4y agoMy grandfather was given a Guinness daily when he was in the hospital recovering from colon surgery in the 1960s. It was thought the iron in it was helpful.
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- the_only_law 4y agoNow I'm just imaging seeing a hospital bill were they charged me $20 for a Guiness or something.
- asciii 4y agoComplimentary healthcare as it should be! Now I'm not sure if an Ibuprofen will be $70 or $500
- quesera 4y agoDepending on the bar and the city, a $20 Guinness is readily achievable today. Hospitals can do better! $270, negotiated down to $120 billed to insurance. You pay $15. Bill received in 6-9 months. Thank you for your business.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago> You pay $15 Only if you complain and ask for a detailed list.
- shepherdjerred 4y agoThis reads like my Cigna explanation of benefits
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- devin 4y agoIn VA hospitals it was not uncommon to give a patient N beers per day to match their typical consumption to avoid them going into alcohol withdrawal during their stay.
- tiborsaas 4y ago> Regardless, medicine in the 1800s was pretty fast and loose. There's a good series about the early days of modern medicine: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937900/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2937900/
- BitwiseFool 4y agoLook up "hysteria" and how 1800's doctors thought about the womenfolk. And the prescribed treatment was pretty eyebrow raising as well.
- banannaise 4y agoNitrous oxide was a recreational drug for 40 years before someone had the bright idea to use it during surgery.