Blood, in either liquid or powdered form,  was used to treat epilepsy, while human liver, gall stones, oil  distilled from human brains, and pulverized hearts were popular  medical concoctions.
O sangue, líquido ou em pó, era usado para tratar a epilepsia; enquanto o fígado, as pedras da vesícula, o óleo destilado de cérebros humanos, e os corações pulverizados eram bálsamos médicos populares.