Weird medical treatments still used today!

Quite Strange but True Medical Practices Which really worked but were a tad dangerous!

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The field of medicine has seen a revolutionary change but there are a few practices of ancient days which are still used today. You may be bewildered but these facts are absolutely true.

Bloodletting: this was a common practice in ancient times wherein a large amount of blood was removed with the belief that it will cure the patient of an illness. There are several fluids which maintain balance of our human body, and if any one of the fluid balance is disturbed, a person falls sick. So people in ancient times used to let the blood out of the system. Today blood is drawn for lab analysis or blood transfusion.

Maggot therapy: maggots are used to heal the wound of the injured in rare cases. Maggots are known to consume the dead tissue and leave the healthy tissues alone. Maggots are competent cleaners than any other non-surgical treatment but cannot replace antibiotic therapy. The maggot therapy has received the approval of the FDA in 2004.

Laughter therapy: A sound strange but it is one of the best known therapies. Also known as humor therapy, it promotes the overall health and wellness of an individual. Hospitals do provide laughter therapy sessions as a complementary treatment for any illness. The use of humor has been used as early as the 13th century and will live on forever.

Insulin coma therapy: in 1927, a patient of a Viennese physician Manfred Sakel was administered an insulin overdose which led to coma. Upon waking the woman who was a drug addict claimed that her craving for morphine disappeared. When this happened again with another patient the doctor discovered the insulin coma therapy which acted well on patients who suffered form schizophrenia and psychosis. This therapy was not accepted as it was dangerous and so was eradicated later on.

Seizure therapy: a Hungarian pathologist Ladislas Meduna who had a fair idea that seizures could be used to treat schizophrenia was the actual brain behind this therapy. He found out that camphor when dissolved in oil works best in both humans as well as animals alike. Many patients were treated and responded to the treatments but the side effects of this injection was dangerous as it included memory loss and caused weakness in bones hence the seizure therapy was discontinued.