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In the 19th century, to break a stone from their bladder, men had to pass a nail through their penis and then use a hammer to break it into pieces small enough to pass through their urethra. The was performed without anesthesia until around 1846.
The good old days…
Related, things that are attributed to Napoleon but shouldn't be... https://t.co/QOWbfX7Zxe
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky loved painting the sea, he painted more than 6000 paintings throughout his life, half of which depict the sea and ships.
Don't take my word for it though, have a look - https://t.co/sfDeA54sMY
Robert Clive: the notorious asset stripper of India and one of the founders of the East India Company.
https://t.co/xA8olHPDgx
Victorian maps of very different versions of male and female hearts -
https://t.co/AoAkncfbqH ❤️
Leonardo Da Vinci's to-do list will put you to shame -
https://t.co/P69mT2WlZs
In 1900, German chocolate company Hildebrands produced a series of postcards imagining the wonders of life in the year 2000.
To be fair, some of them were pretty spot on.
https://t.co/QPLWdcEub0
Cartoon Cartography in the 1860s, niche but VERY interesting. (Not sure what's going on with Italy though...)
👉https://t.co/uCzs7tkDiB