Mexican General Held Funeral for Amputated Leg
In 1842, a Mexican general named Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was wounded during the “Pastry War.” Unfortunately, doctors had to amputate one of his legs. After the war, Santa Anna gave his chopped off leg a state funeral in Mexico City complete with a full blown party and poetry.
The First Syphilis Case was Like a Zombie Outbreak
In 1492, the first real Syphilis outbreak led to painful ulcers, but no one had any medicine to treat the condition or the pain. So, the illness melted through the bones. It even destroyed the nose and lips and affected the eyes. Flesh would fall from an infected person’s face before it killed them in a few months.
