(Photo : Wikimedia Commons) Surprisingly, this isn't the first time eels have been used in this unusual method, implying that the alleged cure is well-known [but never advised by doctors]. According to Men's Health, in 2017, one guy attempted the "traditional cure" on the advice of his pals. In one case, the 49-year-old man was taken to the hospital, where the eel was removed by emergency surgery. When they questioned how the eel got into his system, he initially claimed it "swam up by itself" before admitting he had put it there himself. "There is zero scientific proof to back up that an eel...