Plot twist: this was never a torture device, it’s just a story of the inventor going “go on, admit it, it feels good, don’t it?” that got blown way out of proportion
A lot of dark ages torture devices are basically that, though. Plenty have no evidence of actual use and have a high probability of just being literary creations (like someone finding a SAW DVD in 2000 years)
Those people started doing it becaus a ghost told a guy that the magical energy flows through the spine and every illness happens because the spine is misaligned and needs to be straighten. You don't need a doctor to tell you the merit of all that
(This person is not making this up. This is really, actually the foundation of chiropracty. Don’t go to or support chiropractors. They are not doctors.)
There are some ok ones that are just physical therapists that can order imaging. My mom was sent to one for her hip and he just gave her exercises to do.
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xkbx@startrek.website · 62 pts · 12d
Plot twist: this was never a torture device, it’s just a story of the inventor going “go on, admit it, it feels good, don’t it?” that got blown way out of proportion
Waterpumpee@lemmus.org · 20 pts · 12d
Another torture was to force feed the guy with poop n piss until tummy is bloated. then jump on the stomach.
gandalf_der_13te@feddit.org · 15 pts · 11d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwedentrunk
was sometimes used during the thirty years' war (1618 - 1648), so early modern age (again, sigh), not medieval age.
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 10d
Of course it's German.
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 11d
Stop by the torture museum in Amsterdam if you really want to see what a clusterfuck of a species we are
Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 10d
AFAIK many of the torture devices are not historical but were created for amusement, such as these museums.
modus@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 12d
Was it worse going in or coming out? Did they make them eat it again? Was there more than one recipient per fecal vessel?
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 12d
This guy tortures.
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 12d
The important questions
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 12d
Wouldn’t you just vomit it up immediately?
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 11d
Yes. Most “medieval torture history” stuff is just creative writing exercises that get handed down for generations.
village604@adultswim.fan · 9 pts · 11d
A lot of dark ages torture devices are basically that, though. Plenty have no evidence of actual use and have a high probability of just being literary creations (like someone finding a SAW DVD in 2000 years)
gedaliyah@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 12d
frog@feddit.uk · 25 pts · 12d
VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 21 pts · 12d
Horrifying
tyranny@crazypeople.online · 14 pts · 12d
amy doctors wanna chime in on this?
Nalivai@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 11d
Those people started doing it becaus a ghost told a guy that the magical energy flows through the spine and every illness happens because the spine is misaligned and needs to be straighten. You don't need a doctor to tell you the merit of all that
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 11d
(This person is not making this up. This is really, actually the foundation of chiropracty. Don’t go to or support chiropractors. They are not doctors.)
village604@adultswim.fan · 1 pts · 11d
There are some ok ones that are just physical therapists that can order imaging. My mom was sent to one for her hip and he just gave her exercises to do.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 11d
Physical therapists have a medical degree. Chiropractors go to a 6 week scam cult training camp.
Shayeta@feddit.org · 2 pts · 11d
Calling yourself a Chiropractor gets you way more business than calling yourself a physical therapist - even if you are a physical therapist.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 8d
Maybe in the land of horse paste, but everywhere else physiotherapists are referred by doctors. No doctor would refer a chiropractor.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 8d
And you can re align your energy if I tap you at random spots with a magnet. For $120 a week, forever.
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 11d
Not a doctor but there’s no way that’s good.
kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz · 12 pts · 11d
Also not a doctor, but I remember reading, that those practices have paralyzed people - and I can believe that. Definitely not good.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 11d
The neck stuff they do increases risk of stroke. The whole chiropractic practice isn't backed by medical research.
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 11d
There's a good way of doing this and is by hand and applying uniform pressure to help people with contractures stretch.
None of that sudden intense pull where anything can go wrong.
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 12d
What do army doctors have to do with it
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 11d
He said Amy but she's out at the shops right now
tyranny@crazypeople.online · 3 pts · 11d
try a different pronoun, buster
CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 11d
Tyranny is a woman?! Makes sense 😝
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
To be fair there's nothing in their profile to suggest it and this is the Internet where gender is about as important as an ice cube in Antarctica
village604@adultswim.fan · 2 pts · 11d
One of the rules of the internet is that there are no women on the internet.
MrNesser@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 11d
They?
tyranny@crazypeople.online · 1 pts · 11d
that'll do for now
Saber_is_dead@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 11d
maybe they meant doctors named Amy?
glasratz@feddit.org · 4 pts · 11d
It may cause strokes, but current chiropractic-funded studies say otherwise.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 10d
Funny how that happens eh?
lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 10d
The ones that get strokes don't do as many post-treatment surveys
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 8d
"History books say the good guys always win. What are the chances?"
Norm
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 8d
Chiropractors are not doctors.
These circus acts cause arterial dissections and worse.
Agent641@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 10d
The ring dinger!
glasratz@feddit.org · 1 pts · 11d
MrOtingocni@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 11d
I'll take two
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 10d
That felt great, fellas! I'll be back next week for another round.