14867. Science Facts

A stinging tree in Australia can cause intense pain and even death.Tiny hairs full of poison break off the leaves and stick to the skin, which can then heal over the injury, trapping the poison inside. Even standing near the tree can cause painful nosebleeds!

14868. Science Facts

A medieval cure for meningitis involved splitting a pigeon in two and laying the two halves, cut side down, on the patient's head.

14869. Science Facts

An old cure for a headache involved tying the rope used to hang a criminal around your temples.

14870. Science Facts

A common cure for all kinds of illnesses in the past was ‘bleeding' the patient. This could be done by the doctor making a small cut and putting a hot cup over the wound to suck out blood, or by putting blood-sucking leeches on the skin. Using leeches is being reintroduced by some western doctors.

14871. Science Facts

In England in the 1500s, horse urine was rubbed into the scalp as a cure for baldness.

14872. Science Facts

To catch the leeches for medical use, volunteers stand in rivers until the leeches attach themselves to their skin.

14873. Science Facts

A treatment for the skin disease psoriasis available in Turkey involves sitting in a bath full of live fish, which eat away all the flaking skin.

14874. Science Facts

In the late 1800s, the Egyptian railways were fuelled by burning ancient mummies because they were more plentiful than coal and wood.

14875. Science Facts

The Venus flytrap is a plant with fleshy traps that look rather like a clam, edged with spikes. If an insect lands on the trap, the halves snap shut, trapping it, and then juices from the plant dissolve the insect for the plant to absorb.

14876. Science Facts

To investigate what owls eat, scientists take apart owl pellets (owl faeces) and piece together the bones and fur from different creatures the owl has eaten.

14877. Science Facts

One of the best ways of cleaning an infected wound, used before the days of antibiotics and now with infections that antibiotics can't treat, is to put maggots into it to eat the rotting flesh.

14878. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
altimeter
is a special type of aneroid barometer, used in measuring altitudes.

14879. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
ammeter
is an instrument to measure the strength of an electric current.

14880. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
anemometer
is an instrument to measure the velocity and find the direction of the wind.

14881. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
audiometer
is an instrument to measure difference in hearing.

14882. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
barometer
is used for measuring atmospheric pressure.

14883. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
binocular
is an optical instrument designed for magnified view of distant objects by both eyes simultaneously.

14884. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
calorimeter
is an instrument for measuring quantities of heat.

14885. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
chronometer
is a clock to determine longitude of a vessel of sea.

14886. Scientific Instruments & Appliances

Scientific Instruments & Appliances
clinical thermometer
is a thermometer for measuring the temperature of human body.

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