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• Mellified Man — Mellified Man, or human mummy confection, refers to a legendary medicinal substance created by steeping a cadaver in honey. Allegedly from Arabia, mellified man was reported by 16th century Chinese pharmacologist Li Shizhen in his Bencao Gangmu.… …   Wikipedia

• Mellified man — (artistic impression) Mellified man, or human mummy confection, was a legendary medicinal substance created by steeping a human cadaver in honey. The concoction is mentioned only in Chinese sources, most significantly the Bencao Gangmu of the… …   Wikipedia

• Mummy — For other uses, see Mummy (disambiguation). An Egyptian mummy kept in the Vatican Museums. A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness… …   Wikipedia

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• Shilajit — Shilajit, also known as shilajit, silajit, mumijo, and momia,[1] is a thick, sticky tar like substance with a colour ranging from white to dark brown (the latter is more common), sometimes found in Caucasus mountains, Altai mountains and Tibet… …   Wikipedia

• Prehistoric medicine — is a term used to describe the use of medicine before the invention of writing. Because writing was invented at different times in different places, the term prehistoric medicine encompasses a large number of time periods and dates, [http://books …   Wikipedia