Heading to the GP with our various ailments, we expect the best medical care.
But medicine hasn’t always been to the same standard it is today. Throughout history, some doctors have come up with some weird, wacky and outright dangerous remedies – let’s check a few out now…
WHO’S YOUR MUMMY?
The practice of prescribing human remains for healing is centuries old.
The Romans used burnt human bones to treat arthritis for example.
But in the 15th and 16th century, using mummified remains became fashionable –
