How was a UTI treated before the invention of antibiotics?

Question

Last time I was with my boyfriend, I urinated and showered 20 minutes after we had s*x, and I STILL came down with a bladder infection. If it weren't for antibiotics, I'd be in the hospital right now. How did women cure themselves in the old days?

Answer 1

They didn't. Granted, there might have been some type of herb to ease the symptoms, but back then, woman didn't speak of such matters. It was unheard of for a man other then a woman's husband to see her unclothed. They also probably didn't know what a urinary tract infection was.  If they were in pain in that area, they would just deal with it until it went a way. It would be too shameful and too taboo for a woman to go to a doctor for help.