by While ancient history boasts a host of grisly medical recipes, one of the most intriguing and elaborate was the mellified man, a human being mummified into honey candy, which was then used to mend broken and wounded limbs.
Making a mellified man involved an elderly male volunteer, 70 to 80 years old, who agreed to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
He gave up eating anything other than honey and bathed in it every day.
After about a month, his insides and excretions had virtually turned into honey.
Obviously, a diet consisting solely of honey would eventually prove fatal for reasons of oversaturation, and when that happened, the corpse medicine process began.
In the next stage, the corpse was put into a honey-filled coffin, which was then sealed and left undisturbed for a century.
When the seal was broken open, the body had turned into a giant honey candied confection that was believed to have powerful healing properties.
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Making a mellified man involved an elderly male volunteer, 70 to 80 years old, who agreed to sacrifice himself for the greater good.
He gave up eating anything other than honey and bathed in it every day.
After about a month, his insides and excretions had virtually turned into honey.
Obviously, a diet consisting solely of honey would eventually prove fatal for reasons of oversaturation, and when that happened, the corpse medicine process began.
In the next stage, the corpse was put into a honey-filled coffin, which was then sealed and left undisturbed for a century.
When the seal was broken open, the body had turned into a giant honey candied confection that was believed to have powerful healing properties.
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