The Most Horrible Thing Found on Blackbeard's Pirate Ship
Blackbeard's ship was terrifying in more ways than one.
![The Most Horrible Thing Found on Blackbeard's Pirate Ship](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/1/0/743210_320x180.jpg?v=2)
Blackbeard the Pirate has become the inspiration for many fictional works, but the remains of his ship reveal some interesting day-to-day medical practices. Read more about this fearsome pirate and his even more frightening medical techniques.
![BLACKBEARD WAS A NOTORIOUS ENGLISH PIRATE. Blackbeard's ships attacked a French slave ship called La Concorde, which he renamed Queen Anne's Revenge u](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/1/2/743212.jpg?v=1)
![BLACKBEARD CARED ABOUT HIS CREW'S HEALTH. EDWARD TEACH.(BLACK BEARO). Wallint the Plank When Blackbeard took over Queen Anne's Revenge, he forced the](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/1/3/743213.jpg?v=1)
![WHEN THE WRECK OF QUEEN ANNE'S REVENGEWAS EXCAVATED, ARCHEOLOGISTS RECOVERED MANY INTERESTING MEDICAL ARTIFACTS. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/3/743183.jpg?v=2)
![THEY FOUND A SYRINGE USED TO INSERT MERCURY INTO THE URETHRA. A common treatment for syphilis, mercury alleviated some of the symptoms at the risk of](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/2/0/3/743203.jpg?v=1)
![THEY ALSO DISCOVERED RECTAL PUMPS. They would have been used to insert liquid quickly into the rectum, but archaeologists are unsure as to its use. Pl](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/7/9/743179.jpg?v=2)
![OF COURSE, THERE WERE ALSO TOOLS FOR BLOODLETTING. Not enough pain around, unleash the blood! CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/0/743180.jpg?v=2)
![ARCHAEOLOGISTS ALSO FOUND WEAPONS OF TERROR. The pirates would fire canons with canvas bags full of glass, spikes, and nails. Its purpose was to maim](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/5/743185.jpg?v=2)
![BLACKBEARD'S SHIP WAS TERRIFYING FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS. In short, don't time travel back in time. You never know when you'll be wishing for advan](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/8/2/743182.jpg?v=2)