In the 1st century AD, the idea originated that human blood (particularly gladiator's blood) worked as a cure for epilepsy. Epileptics would congregate around the exit gates of public arenas to consume the blood of the fallen as they were dragged out. Later on, the blood of the executed became the blood of choice for sufferers of epilepsy. Rags or cups were used to collect the blood of the dead. This belief carried on throughout history with the last recorded use of blood as a treatment in…
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