This is painful for me to even discuss. So, you’re asking yourself, I wonder how men got rid of kidney stones before all the fancy technology? Well, it wasn’t complicated, they just stuck a nail in their urethra and used a hammer to break the stones into smaller crystals that could be passed through during urination. Then all they had to do was pee each of these jagged shards of crystalized pain out, probably over several trips to the bathroom, and voila, no more kidney stones. Oh and this was done without any type of anaesthesia up until 1846. Good times!