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  "path": "/2026/04/14/did-victorians-really-treat-headaches-by-hammering-metal-helmets.html",
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  "textContent": "A sepia photograph has been making the rounds on Instagram, Reddit, and Facebook again, captioned as an 1890s headache cure called \"vibration therapy.\" In the image, a man's head is stuffed inside a bucket-shaped metal helmet resting on an anvil, while a second man winds up with a sledgehammer. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Did Victorians really treat headaches by hammering metal helmets? appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "Did Victorians really treat headaches by hammering metal helmets?"
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