[Cabiacoco]

Arsenic was a major component of many household items during the Victorian era. It was also widely consumed in different forms by both men and women.

Arsenic was a major ingredient in many cosmetics at the time. It was said to make skin look younger. Men were told that consuming arsenic pills could stimulate their libido.

As you might expect, none of that worked. These products likely caused extreme sickness and death before people figured out how terrible arsenic really is.

[vagabond]

True, dat

[kellyhound]

cool, never knew that

[FearsMuse]

Certain things I do admire about older eras than ours. But, it's things like this that make me glad to be born in the generation that I was.

[Daley]

Nice information

[Pigeon]

It did make the skin paler, which was a highly sought after sign of beauty. Of course, it worked because sick, poisoned people tend to go deathly pale

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[Kelseecat65]

[durt]

Dumb shit, right up there with bloodletting

Here's some more dumb medical shit

http://www.cracked.com/article_15669...n-history.html

[gst]