A long time ago, going to the doctor was often far more dangerous than just staying home and being sick. Get ready to cringe as you explore some of the most bizarre, dangerous, and completely disgusting medical treatments from history. You will uncover how ancient healers and early doctors tried to cure illnesses with wildly crazy ideas. Discover the bloody reality behind practices like bloodletting, using creepy leeches, and even drilling actual holes directly into patients' heads to let out evil spirits. You will learn how human understanding of the body slowly evolved from terrifying guesswork into modern, life-saving science. Dive into these highly shocking true stories and see exactly what brave patients had to endure before things like antibiotics and safe surgeries existed. Prepare yourself for a wonderfully weird journey through the messy, frightening, and totally fascinating history of medicine.