A chillingly beautiful journey through the depths of medical history – no prescription required and guaranteed to give you goosebumps! Weasel testicles as a contraceptive, bloodletting for blood loss, or hot irons for heartbreak: from today’s perspective, such treatments may seem completely absurd. But there were times when people firmly believed in their effectiveness. Either because scientific knowledge was willfully ignored or because medicine simply wasn’t advanced enough yet. This richly illustrated book is an informative yet entertaining collection of what has been mistakenly promised to people as cures over the centuries – often resulting in the exact opposite effect.