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The Caduceus Files

The Caduceus Files

De : J Shoot
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 The Caduceus Files explores the forgotten and often dangerous history of medicine. Each episode is a long-form case study examining treatments, procedures, and medical beliefs once considered authoritative—many of which caused widespread harm before the rise of evidence-based science. Drawing from historical records, medical literature, and firsthand accounts, the series reconstructs how good intentions, institutional certainty, and incomplete knowledge led to catastrophic outcomes. This is not shock content. It is documentation. New episodes present one case at a time, allowing the factsJ Shoot
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    • When Infection Was Prescribed as Treatment

      When Infection Was Prescribed as Treatment
      Jan 19 2026

      Doctors once deliberately infected psychiatric patients with malaria as medical treatment.The resulting fevers were believed to interrupt mental illness. Temporary improvement was recorded as success. The practice was formalized, scaled, and ultimately rewarded.This is the history of malaria therapy—and how intentional infection became institutional medicine.
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      3 min
    • When Restraints Were Medical Treatment

      When Restraints Were Medical Treatment
      Jan 18 2026

      For decades, hospitals restrained patients under physician orders.Straps, cuffs, and locked positions were used not as punishment, but as prescribed care.Stillness was recorded as improvement.Compliance was mistaken for recovery.This is the history of mechanical restraint in institutional medicine—and how control was confused for treatment.
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      3 min
    • When Isolation Was Prescribed as Medicine

      When Isolation Was Prescribed as Medicine
      Jan 17 2026

      The Rest Cure was once a widely prescribed medical treatment.Patients were isolated.Conversation was limited.Reading and writing were discouraged.Doctors believed silence would calm the nervous system.Withdrawal was recorded as improvement.
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      3 min
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