Myths & mysteries
Physicians prescribed live spiders in sweet butter
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Nothing soothes a common ailment quite like swallowing an eight-legged nightmare. Yesteryear's medical experts genuinely believed that encasing a living spider in a shell of butter and gulping it down would cure jaundice, showcasing a spectacular misunderstanding of both biology and basic culinary decency.
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