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The teething remedy made from dead mice

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Ancient Egyptian and early European medical practices frequently involved horrifying remedies that modern science finds repulsive. To seemingly cure the agonizing pain of a child's incoming teeth, distressed mothers were instructed to mash deceased mice into a raw, bloody paste and gently rub the diseased mixture directly onto the infant's swollen gums.

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