Botox May Help Treat Depression

Botox has a strange, relatively brief history as a medical treatment. Botulinum-A was discovered in the 19th century in a bad batch of sausages. (Really: During the Napoleonic Wars, it was discovered in Germany during an investigation of sausage poisonings.) It was only in 1992 it started to be used for modern medical treatments. Now a new benefit has potentially been discovered: treating depression.