Medical history (13 pages found in this category)


Sooterkin

Imaginary kind of afterbirth in the form of an "evil-looking little animal" especially attributed to Dutch women.

The Sleeping Girl of Turville

Girl claimed by her mother to have fallen into a deep sleep from which she could not be roused for nine years.

Tobacco smoke enema

An insufflation of tobacco smoke into the rectum by enema, was a medical treatment employed by European physicians for a range of ailments