They really sample to win over us all to use Lysol to clean out our vagina .

In case you were wondering, the past was a wild time, from medical procedures, to beauty products, to inventions, and so on.

So, here’s a trip down memory lane that makes me a little happy to be here in 2023. Please let me know if you agree!

1.These vintage syringes that look nothing short of painful:

2.This “swimming mask” that I’m guessing was used before the invention of SPF:

3.This device that was allegedly used toprevent masturbation:

4.This vintage Lysol bottle that includes instructions fordouching, aka putting it into your vagina:

5.These nurses with psychiatric patients mummified incold wet linen, which was thought to have a"sedative"effect:

6.This old bottle of cough syrup complete with alcohol, cannabis, and chloroform as its main ingredients:

7.This absolutely horrific description of the effectlobotomieshad on some patients:

9.These nurses testing gas masks on babies in the 1940s:

10.This 1900s patent for an oscillating bathtub:

11.This WWI radiology nurse head-to-toe in protective gear:

12.This “tranquilizing chair” which seems anything but tranquil:

13.Thisplague doctorI’ll now see every time I close my eyes at night:

14.Thisnose-shaping devicethat was offered as an alternative to a nose job:

15.And this newspaper article about human legs growing weaker:

H/T:r/oddlyterrifyingandr/TheWayWeWere

Wild!

Old syringes

A person in a swimming mask

An anti-masturbation device on someone's finger

Lysol

People mummified as nurses look on

Cold Treatment Cough Syrup

"In some instances, the best that can be done for the family is to return the patient to them in an innocuous state, a veritable household pet."

Asthma cigarette

Nurses testing gas masks on babies

A patent for an oscillating bathtub

A person in an old hazmat suit

A rendering of someone tied to a chair

A plague doctor

A woman fastening a nose-shaping device

"Doctor says human legs growing weak"