Laughter is the best 18th Century French Medicine

Fun fact: in the mid-to-late 1700s in France, the popular treatment for muscle injuries and chronic pain was a two-step process: physicians would first apply an herbed ointment to the area, and then press it with large warm stones.

They would salve their aches and heat it too.

3 thoughts on “Laughter is the best 18th Century French Medicine

  1. Yeah… What’s this about laughing?

    I’d stick this in with that other joke a while back… You know, the one about expectorating?

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