Torture tools that were previously used by doctors! These were designed to deliver pain, not healing.
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If you think that going to the doctor is a horror, you need to see the tools used to treat patients in the past. Each gadget seems to be designed for the delivery of serious pain and not healing.
1. A mask of ice cubes meant to help heal an injured face.
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This mask should handle Hangovers, do you think it worked? Nope.
2. A mechanical respirator that is clearly uncomfortable.
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This machine will not help you breath better, it is very likely going to stop your breathing.
3. This was used to extract bullets in 16th century France.
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In the 16th century, extracting the bullet caused more pain than getting shot,
4. How noses were shaped before plastic surgeons
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Reshaping your nose with a torture tool.
5. A lethal instrument that no one patient would allow to have used on them!
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How is this tool of pain going to make me feel better?
6. Saying a cold, hard no to masturbation!
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Here is an anti-masturbation gadget that will keep you pure! It will ensure you remain in pure pain!
7. In the early 1900s, this was a surgeon's saw.
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Operations were obviously not a delicate affair in the past.
8. A surgical chair that is an exact replica of the electric chair!
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Surgery on the electric chair! No thanks, I'll skip that minor operation.
9. Gum massager.
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Another bizarre instrument that you don't want to use.
10. Amputees had to bear this saw.
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An elegant design for a wicked tool of pain.
11. Enema's in the 1800 century involved using a machine like this.
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12. The thin line between medical instrument and weapon!
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13. Just looking at the size of the needle will heal you before you get your injection.
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The genesis of trypanophobia!
14. Dealing with venereal disease using this will only make you more sick!
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15. The only medical instrument that survives to date.
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Today, these items are made of plastic and rubber.