Goat testes
The testicles of the goat in the early 20th century they have been used to treat impotence. The testes were implanted in the male scrotum. As practice showed, this operation led to true impotence and also caused a hormonal failure.
Hundreds of patients have been infected and dozens were completely dead after the operation.
Cutting the tongue
Thus in the eighteenth century, doctors sought to fight stuttering. Whole pieces of tongue were cut.
The red-hot iron
In the Middle Ages many patients were treated with a hot iron.
Electricity
Electricity has been used for various known mental illnesses, but in addition it has been tried to save men from impotence.
Removal of the male testis
It is incredible that two centuries ago it was believed that the right side of the male body was "warm" and masculine, and the left side was "cold" and feminine.
And in the right testicle there were the "male" spermatozoa and in the left the "female" spermatozoa. To give birth to only male heirs, many men have removed their left testicles, in particular the French aristocrats.
Author: Natalia Morozova