Animal Poop Ointments
Animal excrement was a particularly repulsive treatment for illness and injuries in ancient Egypt. The feces of dogs, flies, donkeys, and gazelles were utilized to cure and ward off evil spirits (maybe because of the stench?). It also sometimes resulted in tetanus and other diseases. However, there is some evidence that the microflora found in some kinds of animal excrement has antibiotic qualities, thus these therapies may have been successful to some degree.
Animal Poop Ointments
Sulfur To Womb
Ancient Greeks had some fascinating theories about female anatomy. They thought a celibate woman’s uterus might escape from its position in the body and wander about as it pleased, causing hysteria, convulsions, and asphyxia which was particularly odd. This belief persisted and women were encouraged to marry early. If a womb had already begun to migrate on its own, physicians would occasionally “fumigate” the patient’s head with sulfur while applying sweet-smelling lotion between her legs to urge the womb to travel away from the disagreeable odor and toward the perfume fragrance in order to settle back where it belonged.
Sulfur To Womb
