Mummies, cannibals, and vampires : the history of corpse medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians / Richard Sugg.

"Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, when kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribed, swallowed or wore human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin against epilepsy, bruising, wounds, sores, plague, can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sugg, Richard, 1969-
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Subjects:	Medicine > Europe > History. Medicine > Religious aspects > Christianity. Cannibalism. HISTORY / General. Medicine, Traditional > history. Christianity. History, 16th Century. History, Modern 1601- Mummies. Europe.
Physical Description:	x, 374 pages ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

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