Release date: 2016-06-28
The path of modern medicine is long, and doctors have come up with a variety of tools on the road to treatment. But some of the early tools were really cruel. This article counts the 7 most terrible medical devices in history, you know?
1. Artificial leeches therapeutic equipment (Artificial leeches)
The leeches live therapy is a blood-sucking therapy using starved leeches. On the one hand, the blood-sucking function of the leeches promotes blood circulation, and on the other hand, the sputum released by the leeches during the blood-sucking process has the anticoagulant function. The accumulated blood increases the perfusion of the tissue.
Leech live therapy
However, in the 19th century (1800s), the use of live water sputum therapy was ineffective or excessive bleeding, so doctors invented this kind of "water raft" equipment, which consists of metal cylinders and blades, and its rotating blades are cut into The skin, the needle sucks the blood out. There is a similar tool called the "scratch" that uses a 10 spring piece of the instrument to quickly enter the skin, which is then heated to create a vacuum.
2. Hernia tool (Hernia tool)
Since people realize that the human body can be repaired, medical repair techniques are constantly improving. In the 1950s, doctors invented a "professional tool" to treat hernia (an organ or tissue in the human body that left its normal anatomical location). Once the doctor needs to repair the tear in the muscle or tissue, they insert the tool into the site. After a week in the body, scar tissue can be formed to help seal the hernia.
3. Amputation saw
Despite the long history of medicine, doctors don't know how to solve infections and other problems in amputation techniques. From past antibiotic bacteria to current antibiotic-resistant bacteria, infection has been a major difficulty in amputation. However, doctors are proud to use this terrible tool. The device looks like a saw, with decorative vortexes, grooves and some simple designs.
4. Stroke device (Ecraseur)
In the 19th century, the reaper was used to remove acne, tumors, polyps, and cysts in the esophagus, throat, uterus, and ovaries. The zigzag ring at the front of the device can hold and smash the tumor, polyp, etc. that are inside.
5.Arrow remover
In the 16th century (1500s), patients wore such an arrow device, and the medical professional did not yank him, but operated at the center of the scissors like an arrow. Unlike a scalpel, the sharp edge of the blade is far from the center. Therefore, if there is a stab wound that is not very serious, the blade cuts the skin so that the stabbed part is removed and there is not much damage.
6. Speculum
Before the invention of the speculum, there was a tool for observing the female reproductive organs. In the 17th century (1600s), it looked like a pour salad clip. Once inserted into the entrance of the vagina or other hole, the user will open the crank at the other end for a wider field of view.
7. Oversized syringe (Syringe)
Of course, the syringe is still used today, not the syringe in the picture is very special, its length, diameter and pump are much larger than the instruments we use for subcutaneous tissue injection today. In the 16th century (1500s), it was filled with mercury for the injection of sailors who were infected with syphilis. The advantage of such a huge syringe is that it does not stab the body; the disadvantage is that as a urethral syringe, it is injected directly through the bare penis. To make matters worse, mercury can cause more damage to the body before syphilis complications can occur.
Source: Bio-Exploration
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