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The Medieval period was a time when the line between medical treatments and torture was often blurred. Limited understanding of the human body and diseases led to the use of bizarre and painful methods that are now considered barbaric…

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The history of asylums is a chilling reminder of how little was understood about mental illness in the past. Originally intended as places of refuge and care, asylums often became centers of unimaginable suffering. Treatments blurred the line between care and torture, with practices rooted in superstition, ignorance, and misguided science. Bloodletting, an ancient procedure to “balance humors,” left patients weakened and vulnerable. Hydrotherapy, initially promising, subjected individuals to extreme and often dangerous water treatments…