說起這個確實有些殘酷，但還是講講吧。你可能會好奇，在沒有現代醫療技術的時代，在沒有現代醫療超聲破碎技術的時代，是怎麽處理男人腎結石的。說實話，過程非常痛苦。他們會用一根釘子，從尿道插進去對準結石，然後敲打它，把結石敲碎成小塊。這樣一來，這些小塊就能隨著排尿排出體外。但這絕不是一蹴而就的事情——這些尖銳的結晶碎片需要通過多次、極其痛苦的排尿過程排出。而且，直到1846年之前，這一切都是在沒有任何止痛措施的情況下進行的。聽起來是不是很恐怖？
Talking about what is tough, here it goes. You might wonder how men dealt with kidney stones before all the modern tech we have now. Well, it wasn't easy. They used a looooong nail, which they stuck into the urethra, and then hammered it to break up the stones into smaller pieces. These pieces could then be passed when they peed. It wasn't just a quick process—these sharp pieces of crystal had to be peed out in several painful trips to the bathroom. Oh, and all of this was done without any kind of pain relief until 1846.
