The Most Bizarre Medical Tools from Back in the Day

Belgian Iron Mask

 

This iron mask from the 1550s was used to publically humiliate women for doing anything that was outside the societal norm. That included fighting, speaking out of term, lying, or anything else, she had to wear this mask to keep her quiet.

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