Nose Shaper
In the Victorian era, many men and women were not satisfied with their own noses, as they are today. Many years before the emergence of cosmetic surgery, many companies are making “nose shaper” and “shaping nose devices”. These metal devices are tied to a person’s face and squeeze the cartilage tissue of the nose until the nose becomes smaller or straighter than before. Nose shapers have been on sale for years. Heather Bigg invented a spring device with a strap that can be used to maintain metal on the face when people sleep at night or occasionally rest. This prompted the shape of the human nose to start to look more attractive. Dr. Sid, a Victorian surgeon from Paris, said in a report to a British colleague that he had invented a metal spring device and used it to squeeze a 15-year-old patient’s nose until the patient since he was satisfied and it’s been three months.
Tapeworm Slimming
Very popular in Victorian tighten lingerie, it can make women’s waist as small as possible. In order to lose weight, some women intentionally swallow tapeworm pills. The slippery little organism will hatch in the stomach and swallow any food that the woman eats. After the women’s dieting is over, they will take medicine to kill the tapeworm. But some people think that sitting in front of a bowl of milk and opening your mouth will induce the parasite to climb out. However, it is well known that tapeworm can grow to 9 meters, so even if this method is effective, people may suffocate in the process. Dr. Meyers of Sheffield, England, invented a device that was thought to remove tapeworm from people’s stomachs. This is a metal tube filled with food that slides down the patient’s throat. According to the instructions, the patient will have fasted for a few days, which will force the tapeworm to enter the round tube to eat food. In theory, once the tapeworm climbs into the tube, they can pull out the tube in the patient’s mouth and remove the tapeworm from the patient’s stomach. But unfortunately, many patients eventually died of suffocation because of his invention.
Belladonna Eye Drop
Their close-to-death face color, women with lung disease will pupil dilate and become a pair of watery eyes. When a person falls in love, their pupil will also enlarge. In the Victorian era of the United Kingdom, women with large pupil were considered very beautiful. In order to achieve this, they will use the eye drops of containing Solanum nigrum of the belladonna plant. The belladonna plant is one of the deadliest plants in the world. Eating a few berries or a leaf can be fatal. With only small doses, its poison can cause irritable bowel, rash, swelling, and even blindness. Although Victorian women know that these are dangerous, they will continue to use this toxic item. In Queen Victoria’s later years, she dropped the belladonna in her eyes, trying to get rid of her cataract. Although the potion did not cure her disease, her vision improved as her pupils enlarged. So the Queen continued to use this eye drops and refused surgery.