Today when we talk about removing varicose veins, we aren't usually talking about literally removing them from the body. Instead we are talking about medical procedures like VNUS Closure Fast that seal up the veins and cause the appearance of the varicose veins to disappear.
But that wasn't always the case. There was a time in medical history when the process of removing varicose veins did mean actually going in to the leg and taking the vein out of the body. And that is precisely what was done to one Egyptian woman who actually kept the veins on a shelf in the living room in the "house of ill repute" where she worked.
That's the story that's given anyway in a booklet called A Walk on the West Side which discusses some of the colorful history of an area of West Didsbury in England. Imagine the colorful characters that you would have encountered if you had been the researcher for the book if just one of them is saving varicose veins on the shelf!
Question of the Day: What is the most bizarre store that you have ever heard about varicose veins?
