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Treatments for diseases like the Black Death, which wiped out much of Europe's population in the 14th century, were wildly crazy and ineffective. Some of the recommendations were: sitting in the sewer to chase away the "bad air", which was responsible for this disease; consuming arsenic, which resulted in death; kill every dog and cat that could be found; rubbing the shaved hindquarters of a chicken into the wounds; and walk through cities whipping their backs.
