In 1889, Scientific American (pay-walled) ran a cover story a possible new cure for people with ataxia: hang them up.
In the past one thousand, two hundred and twenty-three days, I’ve tried at least four dozen supplements, medications, exercises, and therapies, from Alpha-lipoic acid, balance exercises, and cognitive therapy, to thumb push-ups, yogic healing, and zirtek.
Don’t ask me about the thumb push-ups. I found them on a list of things to discuss with whatever specialist I was seeing next. I have no idea.
How many of them will sound just as ludicrous, 137 years from now, as hanging people from the ceiling to cure a neurological problem does today?
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