Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

 
Wounds Were Cauterized With Pieces of Heated Metal

As we all know, losing too much blood can lead to death. So in the old days, people had to figure out ways to stop the bleeding from severe injuries before the victims would bleed out and die. The solution was to cauterize the wounds using a piece of metal held over a fire so it was boiling. However, the burns from doing this were so intense that if they didn't die from losing blood, they would die from the pain of the cauterization.

This era sounds like pure pain, disgust, and horror. If there was ever a time to be thankful for being alive with modern-day inventions, it's now.