Tag: medicine

Horn Cupping

“In traditional African medicine, a form of cupping therapy was practiced long before modern glass or silicone cups were introduced. Instead of using cups, healers used hollowed-out buffalo horns. These horns were heated and then placed on the skin to create suction, drawing out what was believed to be toxins or bad energy from the body. This method not only reflects the deep medicinal knowledge of ancient African cultures but also highlights how natural materials were skillfully adapted for healing purposes.”

[Uncolorized image with story found here.]

Baby’s First X-Ray


That is a Pigg-O-Stat Pediatric Immobilizer.
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Dr. Julius Vogel’s Contribution To The World: PeePee Color Analysis

Pee Pee Colors

I’d be very worried if I whizzed anything past No. 4.

From what I can tell, Dr. Julius Vogel of Germany (not to be confused with Sir Julius Vogel of New Zealand) was instrumental in detecting disease and other maladies by analyzing urine samples in the mid to late 1800s and writing treatises about it and other studies involving the endocrine system. And yes, he wrote about “asparagus pee.” It’s because of Dr. Vogel that your doctor asks you to piss in a cup.

You can read an entire 1876 Treatise by Dr. William Roberts M.D. on urine color diagnoses that features the work of Dr. Vogel here.

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Amazing and Disgusting

Although it’s been in my blog roll for years, it’s been a while since I ventured over to No Puedo Creer. “I Can’t Believe It” is a great website from Spain, and I’d use it to practice hobbling the spaniel with some of the commenters.

Without cheating, guess what those things are. You’re going to be amazed and disgusted at the same time, I guarantee it.

Hint 1: It’s a successful Japanese medical experiment.
Hint 2: Those are mouse embryos.

Give up? Here’s the story.

Nothing much happened today, but we cured some rats.


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My first impression was that someone messed with an old sot who passed out at his delinquent son’s frat party, but sometimes the truth is more bizarre.

JINAN, Sept. 14, 2010 A patient receives treatment of Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion at a hospital in Jinan, capital of east China’s Shandong Province, Sept. 14, 2010.
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Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves the burning of mugwort to facilitate healing. (Credit Image: © Xinhua/ZUMApress.com)

It’s believed by some that Moxibustion “…stimulates blood-flow in the pelvic area and uterus. It is claimed that moxibustion militates against cold and dampness in the body and can serve to turn breech babies.”

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! Mugwort is effective for treating rats with trichinellosis. (Gotta be honest here – I never knew that.)

So if any of you have sick rats or need to turn a breech baby or two, cover your eyes with walnut shells, fire up some mugwort and stick some needles in your forehead.

Just more helpful tips for health-minded followers of Tacky Raccoons.