If you think that going to the doctor is a horror, you need to see the tools used to treat patients in the past. Each gadget seems to be designed for the delivery of serious pain and not healing.
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#1 A mask of ice cubes meant to help heal an injured face.
This mask should handle Hangovers, do you think it worked? Nope.
#2 A mechanical respirator that is clearly uncomfortable.
This machine will not help you breath better, it is very likely going to stop your breathing.
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#3 This was used to extract bullets in 16th century France.
In the 16th century, extracting the bullet caused more pain than getting shot.
#4 How noses were shaped before plastic surgeons.
Reshaping your nose with a torture tool.
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#5 A lethal instrument that no one patient would allow to have used on them!
How is this tool of pain going to make me feel better?
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#6 Saying a cold, hard no to masturbation!
Here is an anti-masturbation gadget that will keep you pure! It will ensure you remain in pure pain!
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#7 In the early 1900s, this was a surgeon's saw.
Operations were obviously not a delicate affair in the past.
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#8 A surgical chair that is an exact replica of the electric chair!
Surgery on the electric chair! No thanks, I'll skip that minor operation
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#9 Gum massager.
Another bizarre instrument that you don't want to use.
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#10 Amputees had to bear this saw.
An elegant design for a wicked tool of pain.
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#11 Enema's in the 1800 century involved using a machine like this.
Horrible!
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#12 The thin line between medical instrument and weapon!
#13 Just looking at the size of the needle will heal you before you get your injection.
The genesis of trypanophobia!
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#14 Dealing with venereal disease using this will only make you more sick!
#15 The only medical instrument that survives to date.
Today, these items are made of plastic and rubber.
