The Most Bizarre Medical Tools from Back in the Day

Hernia Tool

Doctors back in the day would secure this to a patients hernia and leave it secured there for over a week to heal… Doesn’t look comfortable at all.

Elephants comfort each other with chirps.
The first pair of Nike running shoes was made in a waffle iron.
In 1966 and 1967, soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told the chemical was completely safe and sprayed it on each other to cool off.
People write love letters to trees in Australia via email.