Treatment with wine
Continuing with the absurd therapies of the Old West, we have drinking as part of one of them. But we’re not talking about taking medicine, are we? Let’s be clear.
He treats with wine
In the Old West, a method of bleeding was used. When a sick person ingested a leech, it was recommended to drink a glass of wine every 15 minutes to kill the animal in the human body. If this didn’t cure, at least it made the patient drunk.
Dead dogs as treatment
There were no drugs. The alternative was to seek other treatments. In the old days of the Wild West, what we today call the pharmaceutical industry was not yet developed. So what did you do to cure disease?
Dead dogs as treatment
One of the strangest treatments in the Old West was the use of dead dogs to treat gouty arthritis and rheumatism. The entrails of the dog were removed, other ingredients were added, and then the animal was roasted and eaten.
