What was believed to cure rabies, according to Pliny the Elder in Ancient Rome?
- A) Drinking boiled grasshopper juice
- B) Covering the wound with raw veal
- C) Eating burned spider webs
- D) Sleeping under the full moon
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Answer:
B) Covering the wound with raw veal
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How did John Wesley suggest treating asthma in his book Primitive Physick?
- A) Breathing in the smoke from burning leaves
- B) A fortnight on boiled carrots only
- C) Consuming honey and cinnamon daily
- D) Regular swims in cold water
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Answer:
B) A fortnight on boiled carrots only
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According to John Wesley, what could be done to alleviate heart palpitations?
- A) Drinking 10 glasses of water a day
- B) Running a marathon
- C) Applying a vinegar-soaked rag externally
- D) Eating raw ginger
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Answer:
C) Applying a vinegar-soaked rag externally
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What unconventional method did John Wesley suggest for curing toothaches?
- A) Placing a frog on the cheek
- B) Being electrified
- C) Chewing on willow bark
- D) Listening to classical music
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Answer:
B) Being electrified
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How did John Wesley recommend preventing nosebleeds?
- A) Sniffing rose petals
- B) Holding a red-hot poker under the nose
- C) Consuming large amounts of vitamin C
- D) Jumping three times on one foot
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Answer:
B) Holding a red-hot poker under the nose
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How were Bible cysts traditionally treated, according to Lorenz Heister in 1743?
- A) Rubbing the cyst with a gold coin
- B) Strapping a bullet that had killed an animal to the cyst
- C) Applying a plaster made from honey and ash
- D) Singing soothing songs to the affected area
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Answer:
B) Strapping a bullet that had killed an animal to the cyst
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What was an old treatment for asthma involving cigarettes?
- A) Smoking dandelion-infused cigarettes
- B) Breathing in the scent of herbal cigarettes
- C) Smoking asthma cigarettes made with stramonium, belladonna, and tobacco
- D) Inhaling the smoke from burning cedar leaves
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Answer:
C) Smoking asthma cigarettes made with stramonium, belladonna, and tobacco
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What was radium historically believed to cure?
- A) Night blindness and deafness
- B) Arthritis, impotence, and aging
- C) Common cold and flu
- D) Hair loss and skin diseases
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Answer:
B) Arthritis, impotence, and aging
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How was ringworm traditionally treated, according to Mother's Remedies?
- A) By applying a paste made of gunpowder and vinegar
- B) With a lotion made from crushed lavender and rose petals
- C) Using a wrap of banana leaves and mud
- D) Rubbing the infected area with a slice of raw potato
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Answer:
A) By applying a paste made of gunpowder and vinegar
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What was Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup advertised to treat?
- A) Hair loss and dandruff
- B) Colic, teething, diarrhea, and general pain
- C) Muscle aches and arthritis
- D) Insomnia and night terrors
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Answer:
B) Colic, teething, diarrhea, and general pain
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According to Bald’s Leechbook, what was a treatment for cataracts?
- A) Applying a mixture of burned periwinkle flowers and honey in the eyes
- B) Staring at the sun during dawn for three consecutive days
- C) Wearing glasses made from transparent crystals
- D) Bathing the eyes in a solution of gold dust and rose water
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Answer:
A) Applying a mixture of burned periwinkle flowers and honey in the eyes
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What bizarre remedy was suggested for treating swollen eyes in Bald's Leechbook?
- A) Placing live worms on the eyelids at night
- B) Applying the eyes of a live crab
- C) Rubbing the eyes with a gold ring
- D) Drinking a potion made from bluebell flowers
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Answer:
B) Applying the eyes of a live crab
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For treating swollen body parts, what does Bald’s Leechbook recommend?
- A) Wrapping the area with warm, salted cabbage leaves
- B) Placing a live snail on the swelling
- C) Securing a fox tooth in a fawn’s skin and placing it on the swollen area
- D) Applying a poultice made from crushed ants and mud
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Answer:
C) Securing a fox tooth in a fawn’s skin and placing it on the swollen area
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What was a 10th-century treatment for typhus?
- A) Drinking a broth made from boiled oak bark
- B) Going outside, writing a prayer on a piece of paper, and holding it to the left breast
- C) Bathing in a mixture of vinegar and seawater
- D) Eating a diet consisting solely of turnips and barley
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Answer:
B) Going outside, writing a prayer on a piece of paper, and holding it to the left breast
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In ancient Assyria, what was used to avoid tipsiness?
- A) Drinking a potion made from crushed pearls and white wine
- B) Eating ground-up bird beaks mixed with myrrh
- C) Chewing on licorice root
- D) Wearing a bracelet made from the wood of a cedar tree
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Answer:
B) Eating ground-up bird beaks mixed with myrrh
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