The Most Insane Medical Practices in History

7. Mothers delivered babies standing or sitting on their haunches.

In ancient India, they knew how to change the position of the fetus in utero. And in some African tribes, healers were able to perform a cesarean section with their primitive instruments. In the medieval period, the majority of ancient knowledge was lost, due to the influence of the church. Midwifery was underdeveloped, and a lot of women and their newborns died during the delivery.