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Blood-letting (or phlebotomy, as we experts called it); one of the great "cure-alls". For example, if you had a headache in the 18th century, a surgeon would open the sephalic vein in your wrist and drain you of a pint of blood, because that particular vein goes right to your brain thereby relieving the pressure.

Or if you came down with what was known as "The French Pox" (syphilis, to the uniformed), I'd treat you with a regimen of purgatives and mercury. The mercury would be ingested, applied directly to the afflicted organ, or the organ itself could be injected using the clyster. Now if you had a very bad case, I'd use my bullet probe, heated in a fire, and inject it straight into your penis to burn it the infection. Then I'd insert the catherter to make sure you'd urinate while it healed. The best part is, you'd be wide awake and alert during this whole procedure.

Ain't science grand?!