Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

 
Leeches Were Used to Treat Most Diseases

It was once common practice to use leeches to treat various medical conditions. There was an obsession with these bloodsucking worms, which would be kept in jars and seen as the most reliable and valuable medical tool. The leeches were put on a patient's skin and left to suck the blood for long periods of time. Apparently, this would rid the person of the tainted blood and, therefore, free the person of the illness.

Doctors often prescribed leeches as a treatment; however, today, it's known to cause more harm than good. Those were some very dark times, and the bizarre practices seem to never end.