Ground skulls, crushed mummies, corpses' teeth... the gruesome medicines taken ... - Daily Mail

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Ground skulls, crushed mummies, corpses' teeth... the gruesome medicines taken ... Daily Mail James was also prescribed an 'arthritic powder composed of scrapings of an unburied human skull, herbs and white wine' mixed with whey, 'to be taken at full moon'. Skulls were often used in medicines, by rich and poor, from the 16th through to the ... and more »