‘Corpse Medicine’
If you had headaches, muscular cramps, or stomach ulcers in ancient times, you may have been given a dosage of so-called “corpse medicine,” which was a mixture of human flesh, blood, or bone. Surprisingly, this has been a widespread practice for generations. According to History, as late as the 17th century, King Charles II of England enjoyed a drink known as “King’s Drops,” which was composed of crushed human skull and wine.
‘Corpse Medicine’
Abracadabra Malaria
Serenus Sammonicus (the personal physician of Roman Emperor Caracalla) proposed in the early third century AD that the phrase “abracadabra” might cure malaria. He recommended malaria sufferers to wear amulets engraved with the mystical word “abracadabra” in his book “Liber Medicinalis” (“The Book on Medicine”).
Abracadabra Malaria
