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Medieval hardships (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by nifty@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

One common treatment for chickenpox was to drill a hole in the skull. Shockingly this wasn't very helpful

[–] SandmanXC@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

No patient complaints were registered, so it couldn't have been that bad either.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

It would have dealt with the swelling immediately but chances are the patient would have died from infection from the operation.