Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians by Richard Sugg

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians

Richard Sugg

456 pages paperback 2011

6 editions

nonfiction history science dark informative medium-paced
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Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires charts in vivid detail the largely forgotten history of European corpse medicine, which saw kings, ladies, gentlemen, priests and scientists prescribe, swallow or wear human blood, flesh, bone, fat, brains and skin ...

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