Doctors were performing autopsies, then taking their unwashed hands which contained cadaveric particles, and infecting the women they later assisted in childbirth.
Tag: Doctor
The Kooky Ketchup Cure-All
Wouldn’t it really be something though to cure your aches and pains by eating french fries with a side of ketchup?
Goat Testicles for Virility: John R. Brinkley
Between 1917 and the mid-1930s, John Brinkley made a fortune on his “revolutionary” surgical procedure which involved placing goat testicles into men’s scrotums to cure infertility and improve virility. What a BAAAHHH-d idea
Remembering Jonathan Letterman
Dr. Letterman’s story, despite his importance to the field of military medicine, has been largely, forgotten. I hope that this post changes that.
The Devil with a Cyanide Syringe
Petiot was arrested in 1944 and admitted to killing at least 60 people.
Doctor H.H. Holmes: The Owner of Hell’s Hotel
“I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer no more than a poet can help the inspiration to sing.”