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What was the first effective cure for a disease in history? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Head injuries would have been common, bleeding on the brain was probably easily recognisible in warriors for which it would help. How they discovered that it helps.. nice

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 8 points 4 months ago

i can't imagine that increased intracranial pressure feels good. maybe one guy was like 'my head feels like it's gonna explode', and some other guy was like, 'i've got an idea'. or maybe someone happened to get just the right kind of second head injury shortly after their first head injury that somehow made them get better. it's a lot of unrecorded things happening back then. if only they had invented writing and wrote it down.