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The Strange Remedies of the Ancient World
There was a thriving trade in human body parts right up until the eighteenth century. A mummified egyptian mummy was used as a remedy for all sorts of conditions. One doctor recommended putting a live pigeon's rump against a child who is having a seizure to draw it away from the child and into the dove.
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