2. Februāris 2009

• 2.2.09 18:27
• "British King Charles II paid 6,000 pounds for a recipe to distill human skull. The regent applied the resulting distillate, which entered the history of medicine as "the king's drops," almost daily.[..]
  In 1492, when Pope Innocent VIII was on his deathbed, his doctors bled three boys and had the pope drink their blood. The boys died, and so did the pope.[..]
  The preacher, who died in 1754*, recommended pulverized human heart for "dizziness." Keogh even provided a dose and instructions for use: "A dram in the morning -- on an empty stomach.""
  
  * sal.: Kantam tobrīd jau bija 30.
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