ABSTRACT
Throughout history, certain plants, as well as virtually every anatomical component of animals and humans, have been ascribed some curative property: earthworms rolled in honey for the treatment of gastritis; owl brain for headache; sheep brain for insomnia; deer heart for heart disease; fox lung for tuberculosis; goat liver for jaundice; powdered human skull or the fresh blood of a dying Christian gladiator for epilepsy; rabbit testicles for bladder disease and, of course, for impotence; and cow dung for eye infections, to name but a few.
