Many medicines in the 19th century were bizarre to say the least. But ...
Many medicines in the 19th century were bizarre to say the least. But few was as bizarre as using a pigeon's rump to cure diseases. The cure, aptly named "Pigeon Rump's Cure" was used by German physician Karl Friedrich Canstatt to cure a sick child. And the result was...
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The cure was deemed effective by Karl Friedrich Canstatt. According to the German physician, when he put the child's anus on the rump of a pigeon, the attack (seizure) stopped and the child was save but not the poor bird who died days after. http://www.thomas-morris.uk/pigeons-rump-cure/
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