Get 20% of a premium subscription to Brilliant when you're one of the first 200 people to sign up at http://www.brilliant.org/answerswithjoe Here we go again. I recently covered the Victorian Era but today I want to point out the incredibly weird health and beauty practices that Victorians were into back in the day. As I say in the video, Victorian medicine was a mix of terrible old ideas and terrible new ideas, from people drinking radioactive water to eating ground-up mummies our transition to the modern medical system we see today hit some interesting bumps in the road. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/joe-scott-victorian-medicine-was-completely-insane Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: null T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS: https://historyofyesterday.com/eben-byers-the-man-who-drank-radioactive-water-until-his-jaw-fell-off-d2634336b504 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annette_Kellermann https://thevictorianhistorian.com/beauty-fashion/ https://www.amusingplanet.com/2016/06/bathing-machines-of-19th-century.html https://www.history.com/news/england-divorce-18th-century-wife-auction http://www.victoriana.com/Victorian-Fashion/victorianbustles.html https://www.ranker.com/list/victorian-era-skirts/setareh-janda https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/04/victorian-fashion-fad/ https://thevictorianhistorian.com/music/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mumia-the-strange-history-of-human-remains-as-medicine#Mummy-and-other-remains-as-panacea https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-party-people-unrolled-mummies-for-fun https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/mummies-and-the-usefulness-of-death Time Stamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:26 - Weird Victorian Medicine 5:53 - They Did Weird Things To Look Good 8:11 - Women Had It Rough 13:14 - Barbershop Quartets 15:30 - They Ate Mummies (And Were Obsessed With Egypt) 20:38 - Conclusion 22:13 - Sponsor Read