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Robert Boyle thought skull powder could stop nosebleeds

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Robert Boyle is known as the first modern chemist, but his personal medical remedies were completely terrifying. He was convinced that the most effective way to stop a routine nosebleed was to aggressively inhale a fine powder made entirely from pulverized human skulls. So much for the supposed rational logic of the scientific revolution.

Robert Boyle thought skull powder could stop nosebleeds
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