title: [Mummies as therapeutical treatments].
abstract: Mummies have always exerted a strong suggestion on mentality through centuries. They have been considered magical objects, possessing mysterious powers and able to protect from dangers. Pieces or mummy were employed as amulets to preserve life. In the modern age physicians and apothecaries began to use it for therapeutical treatments. This article concerns the therapeutic employ and the different compositions and uses of mummial remedies from early modern age to XVIII century.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Storia della Medicina. Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Patologia. Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza".
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marinozzi
mesh_terms: D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D009106:Mummies / Q000266:history*; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000266:history*