Many medicines in the 19th century were bizarre to say the least. But ...

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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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