Home›Historical and Premodern Treatment Practice›Status›Discontinued or ObsoleteBrowse ByDiscontinued or ObsoleteThis dimension marks whether a medical treatment is still in standard use, considered obsolete or still experimental. Wikipedia notes that "not all therapies are effective" and that "many therapies can produce unwanted adverse effects," both reasons a treatment's standing can change over time. Browsing by status separates treatments still in current use from those no longer recommended.FactsDiscontinued or ObsoleteSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonModality KindWell-attestedhistorical-premodern 1Discontinued or ObsoleteFilter Results119 entriesTreatment CategoryAllDiscredited and Harmful Medical Practices (14)Energy and Vibrational Therapies (14)Folk and Ethnomedicine Practices (28)Humoral and Classical Medicine Practices (28)Hydrotherapy and Balneotherapy (9)Manual and Body-Based Practices (17)Traditional Surgical Practices (8)Type/ClassificationAllDiscredited and Harmful Medical Practices (14)Energy and Vibrational Therapies (14)Folk and Ethnomedicine Practices (28)Humoral and Classical Medicine Practices (28)Hydrotherapy and Balneotherapy (9)Manual and Body-Based Practices (17)Traditional Surgical Practices (8)Era (Origin Year)All-8000 (1)-3000 (1)-1600 (2)-1552 (1)-1550 (1)-1500 (1)-850 (1)500 BCE (1)-450 (1)-100 (1)1574 (1)1667 (1)1779 (1)1786 (1)1826 (1)1874 (1)1888 (1)1892 (1)1895 (2)1909 (1)1913 (1)1917 (2)1918 (1)1927 (2)1935 (1)1937 (1)1957 (1)1964 (1)1967 (1)Treats (Condition)AllAnemia (2)Arthritis (4)Asthma (1)Atopic Dermatitis (1)Autism (1)Bone Fracture (1)Breast Cancer (1)Cancer (3)Cardiovascular Disease (1)Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (1)Cholera (3)Dizziness (1)Drowning (1)Edema (1)Emphysema (1)Epilepsy (4)Fever (1)Fistula (1)Hemorrhoids (1)Hepatitis (1)Herniated Disc (1)HIV/AIDS (2)Hysteria (2)Joint Dislocation (1)Leprosy (1)Lymphedema (1)Malaria (2)Melanoma (1)Migraine (2)Multiple Sclerosis (1)Nausea and Vomiting (1)Neurosyphilis (1)Osteoarthritis (2)Osteomyelitis (1)Pain (8)Plague (1)Pneumonia (1)Pneumothorax (1)Psoriasis (4)Respiratory Failure (1)Rheumatic Fever (2)Rheumatoid Arthritis (1)Schizophrenia (2)Seizure (1)Stroke (1)Syphilis (3)Trachoma (1)Tuberculosis (2)Typhoid Fever (1)Ulcerative Colitis (1)Varicose Veins (1)DiscovererAllCesare Mattei (1)Mikao Usui (1)Sushruta (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50AbhyangaDiscontinued or ObsoleteAcupressureDiscontinued or ObsoleteAcupunctureDiscontinued or ObsoleteAfrican Black SoapDiscontinued or ObsoleteAguamielDiscontinued or ObsoleteAlternative Uses for PlacentaDiscontinued or ObsoleteAnimal MagnetismDiscontinued or ObsoleteApitherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteApplied KinesiologyDiscontinued or ObsoleteAromatherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteAuriculotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteAutologous Blood TherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteBalneotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteBed RestDiscontinued or ObsoleteBiomesotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteBioresonance TherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteBlood Irradiation TherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteBloodlettingDiscontinued or ObsoleteBonesettingDiscontinued or ObsoleteCarbogenDiscontinued or ObsoleteCataract CouchingDiscontinued or ObsoleteCatholicon (Electuary)Discontinued or ObsoleteCauterizationDiscontinued or ObsoleteChiropracticDiscontinued or ObsoleteChromotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteChrysotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteClimatotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteColloidal SilverDiscontinued or ObsoleteColon CleansingDiscontinued or ObsoleteColon HydrotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteColonic IrrigationDiscontinued or ObsoleteConversion TherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteCouchingDiscontinued or ObsoleteCounterirritantDiscontinued or ObsoleteCraniosacral TherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteCrenotherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteCrocodile OilDiscontinued or ObsoleteCrystal HealingDiscontinued or ObsoleteCupping TherapyDiscontinued or ObsoleteDetoxification (Alternative Medicine)Discontinued or ObsoleteDoktor Koster's AntigaspillsDiscontinued or ObsoleteEar CandlingDiscontinued or ObsoleteElectrohomeopathyDiscontinued or ObsoleteElectrotherapeuticsDiscontinued or ObsoleteEnemaDiscontinued or ObsoleteEnergy MedicineDiscontinued or ObsoleteEye ShavingDiscontinued or ObsoleteFaith HealingDiscontinued or ObsoleteFaradic BatteryDiscontinued or ObsoleteFeed a Cold, Starve a FeverDiscontinued or ObsoleteShowing 1 to 50 of 119, page 1 of 3.123Next →Sources1. History of medicine (Wikipedia)Wikipedialead paragraphQuote, lead paragraphThe history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.