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Huh. Just when I thought nothing would surprise me, it turns out that not so long ago, people in one the most advanced civilizations on earth at them were eatin
by cs702 7y ago
Huh. Just when I thought nothing would surprise me, it turns out that not so long ago, people in one the most advanced civilizations on earth at them were eating freaking mummies... for medicinal purposes.
The screenshot of a medicinal book of the time, recommending "skull of a man ought to be such an one which dieth a violent death and never buried" for grinding down and drinking, is also priceless:
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B0wp2PB7GU0/VmJleJf7SHI/AAAAAAAACW0/CqC4B2uxhKQ/s640/books-2.png https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B0wp2PB7GU0/VmJleJf7SHI/AAAAAAAAC...
- Arbalest 7y agoNow that you've said it, I'm thinking, so we still have homeopathy and other stuff despite being the most advanced we've ever been.
- Pfhreak 7y agoIt's interestingly a holdover from that era, or not long after, when doctors were still trying to figure out how to cure even basic illnesses.
- Pfhreak 7y agoThe seventeenth century was not doing great work in medicine. Poisons were still regularly administered, bleeding and emesis were common. By the end of the 18th century homeopathy was taking over, and the first controlled medical studies were yet to be formed. Aside, there was tons of interesting stuff going on in the rest of the world at that time.
- mc32 7y agoSo they were taking Soylent Green for their ailments...