10 Bogus Medical Cures From The Past

— May 30, 2015 Comments Off 7741

5. Arsenic

When someone hears the word “arsenic,” what’s the first thing likely to come to mind? Poison! Even so, arsenic was used as a treatment for various ailments through the centuries, including malaria, diabetes, arthritis and syphilis. It was used by some practitioners as recently as the 1950s!

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