I feel the same way about the medicine of the 19th century. Just goes to show how far we've come as far as science since then. And maybe Big Pharma has stepped in to fill the void for all the vague nerve complaints? Of course, it was a difficult time back then since even the doctors (if people could afford to hire them) didn't really know that much about actual disease. For instance, no one knew to wash their hands or their medical instruments and bleeding as a cure was still really popular. Even into the 1950s, some of the medicines and practices were pretty bizarre. My parents remember a time when you could X-ray your own feet at the mall to see what your shoe size was. And then, there's a great commercial for face wash where the lady cleansed away dirt combined with nuclear material and then used a geiger counter on her face to show how clean it was. It's both funny and horrifying!