yoni eggs to the supposed cure-all drug that was banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as potentially life threatening — plenty of so-called wellness products end up raising eyebrows, and with good cause.And if 21st-century “wellness” territory can sometimes prove weird or even unsettling, it is no wonder that medical practices of hundreds of years ago are strange to navigate.Trepanation, drilling into the skull to relieve migraine or “release demons,” was a crude precursor to modern neurosurgery.But the twilight of medical care features some even more chilling practices.
One of these is ingesting mumia, mummy powder, or other human remains for the sake of health.In this Curiosities of Medical History feature, we look at when,.