Vintage Hygiene Practices That Are the Very Opposite of Clean

Women Drank Solutions With Dried Beaver Testicles to Prevent Pregnancy

In the 1500s, birth control methods were as strange as they were unpleasant. One “remedy” involved a potion made from alcohol and powdered beaver testicles. Women drank it in hopes of avoiding pregnancy.

It’s hard to believe, but this was taken seriously at the time. Thankfully, science and medicine have come a long way—no rodent parts required.