20 Historical Medical Myths
- Medical Myths
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Sick people should not go outside at night due to “bad airs” or miasmata.
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Turkey makes you drowsy.
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Dim light ruins your eyesight.
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You must drink 8 glasses of water a day to be hydrated.
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We use only 10 percent of our brains.
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Drinking a glass of milk every day is good for you.
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Shaving hair causes it to grow faster, darker, and coarser.
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Babies don’t feel pain.
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In the early 1900’s it was thought that radioactivity was good for you.
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Shark cartilage is effective treatment for cancer.
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Heroin laced cough syrup as a cough suppressant.
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The human heart could never be touched.
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Mercury used to treat Syphilis.
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Tobacco was known as the “holy herb” and “God’s remedy”.
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LSD could cure alcoholism, criminal behavior, and schizophrenia.
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In the 1950’s people infected themselves with tapeworms to lose weight.
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Cocaine was used to promote digestion and fight depression.
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Cigarettes were once physician approved!
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Stress and spicy foods cause ulcers.
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Germs, bacteria, and viruses don’t exist.
