This Day in History: The first venereal disease clinic opened on this day at London Lock Hospital in 1747. STDs have been around for thousands of years and many of the cures that have been entertained over the millennia have been horrific and amusing. The ancient Egyptians used sandal oil and powdered cow horn. The Greeks tried washing their privates in oil, or you can have lead weights strapped to your body. If you had herpes your sores would be cauterized with a hot iron. For the longest time applying mercury to the skin was used, and there was always leeches. Lots of leeches. Perhaps that was better than slamming a big book on your genitals, which was used in Old France.
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