ALCOHOL CURE ALL -

Before the discovery of bacteria and viruses there were many theories about how illness was caused.

One of the favourite 'remedies' of both doctors and patients was alcohol.

One female patient with TB was given 7 bottles of rum, 12 bottles of brandy and 61 bottles of spa water in her first 4 weeks in hospital.

Hospitals themselves were usually privately funded and as funds were always tight, it was common for pregnant women, the insane and anyone who seemed to by dying to be refused admission.

Why? Because they all cost too much money to treat.

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