redvelvetjoy
Active member
Not even joking—back in Victorian Europe, powdered mummy was sold as medicine.
Like, they’d grind up Egyptian mummies (actual human remains!) and use it to treat everything from headaches to internal bleeding. It was called “mumia” and people believed it had healing properties.
Imagine thinking your aspirin came from an ancient pharaoh.
What’s the weirdest old-timey “cure” you’ve heard of?
Like, they’d grind up Egyptian mummies (actual human remains!) and use it to treat everything from headaches to internal bleeding. It was called “mumia” and people believed it had healing properties.
Imagine thinking your aspirin came from an ancient pharaoh.
What’s the weirdest old-timey “cure” you’ve heard of?
