via news.bbc.co.uk
In the past, the medical profession has tried unusual ways of trying to cure - or at least relieve - the symptoms of patients.
Here - as the Wellcome Collection in central London celebrates the weirdest remedies - one of its librarians, William Schupbach, and event curator, Alex Julyan, look back at the products that "quacks" tried to sell to the public.
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