(May 5, 2019 at 8:54 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Another sphincter-clenching medical procedure: In the 19th century, a common treatment for syphilis was to insert a heated silver wire into the urethra and jiggle it about until the pus stopped flowing.
Surprisingly, it didn't work.
Boru
The early cure for syphilis was reminescent to chemo therapy - using levels of arsenic that killed off the syphilis while not quite killing the patient.