10 Most Disturbing Medical Treatments Performed in History

Transplanting the sexual organs of a monkey into human patients was one of them.

Sal
Lessons from History
8 min readDec 1, 2021

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Medical science has come a long way since it was first introduced to the world centuries ago; however, the road has consisted of countless errors, horrors, and strange decisions that may be difficult to understand today. Some of the medical treatments that were utilized by medical professionals in the past were downright terrifying but were a normal part of the medical practice nevertheless.

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Sal
Lessons from History

I am a History Educator and a Lifelong Learner with a Masters in Global History.