This is a pedicle graft, a procedure developed by Dr. Harold Gillies to treat disfigured soldiers during World War I, back when skin grafts and reconstructive plastic surgery had a very low success rate. A flap of skin from an unaffected area of the patient's body was sewn into a tube and temporarily grafted to wherever the new body part was needed and essentially grown.

Starting in the late 1800s, kids who suffered from lupus and tuberculosis were sent to hospitals and clinics to receive heliotherapy to treat it. The children's skin produced vitamin D in response to the light, and as a result they were better able to fight off TB and other bacterial infections.

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne, a French neurologist who electrocuted his patients and recorded their facial expressions. His Simple explanation was that his research was the pursuit of knowledge.

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne cataloged thousands of electroshock therapy sessions spanning 20 years.

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne pictured electrocuting his patient's face and forcing a smile.

DDT Delousing; Clouds of bug poison was used to kill the lice in the hair. Lice carry diseases, and in World War II, lice were especially common among POWs and concentration camp survivors.

The use of DDT delousing agent was common on even children, the genetic side effects lasted generations.

Violet Ray machine, a portable Tesla Coil doctors gave to patients to use at home for the relief of minor pain and skin irritation. They started out as legitimate medical devices, but quickly dissolved into mass produced trinkets that could supposedly cure everything from stuffy noses to prostrate trouble.

Violet Ray machine packaged for the sale to the general public.

Plombage, which was the process of collapsing a person's lungs with acrylic balls to allow them to "rest" and heal the lesions caused by tuberculosis. The drawback to this therapy was that sometimes the balls were never taken back out, which led to infection, sepsis and other serious complications related to having your lung tissue inundated with balls made of the same material used highly toxic plastics.

Plombage Lung collapsing devices.

Plombage Devices from a corpse.

Radioactive strontium, which applies radiation directly into the eyeball destroying tumors and similar vision abnormalities. The treatment although mostly painless was sometimes not effective and could result in the patient losing vision permanently.

Pictured is a patient receiving a Radioactive strontium treatment.

And Just because i thought it was interesting! A frog like baby was born in Nepal 3 years ago but dies immediately after two days after birth.