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Ancient Romans really did use poop as medicine. We just got the first real proof.
Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures, but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea. Ancient ...
Archaeologists in Turkey say they have uncovered evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments, according to new research.
That single vial—an unguentarium recovered from a tomb in ancient Pergamon, once a major medical hub—has now delivered rare, chemical evidence that human feces were used as medicine in the Roman world ...
The study of a 1,900-year-old vial found in Pergamon suggests that the Romans used feces as medicine, and thyme to mask the ...
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Romans used human feces as medicine 1,900 years ago — and used thyme to mask the smell
A new study shows that organic residues from a Roman-era glass medicinal vial came from human feces.
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