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Описание: One of the worst ways to die in history is through the tapeworm diet. In the Victorian era, being very thin was considered beautiful. Achieving this look was extremely difficult, so one popular method was the tapeworm diet. People would intentionally swallow a pill containing a tapeworm egg. The tapeworm would then grow in their stomachs for several months, eating all the calories and helping them achieve the desired 16-inch waist. However, this method was dangerous and could be deadly.

Most tapeworms attach to the intestines, but their larvae can also attach to the heart, eyes, lungs, or brain. They can grow up to 30 feet long, and getting rid of them could be a horrifying process that might take days. If the tapeworm didn't come out naturally, doctors had to extract it by inserting a metal cylinder with bait into the patient's digestive system through their mouth, which often caused the patient to choke to death before the tapeworm was caught.

You might wonder why this was so popular, but remember, this was also the time when people used mercury and bathed in arsenic, so this kind of thing was normal back then.

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