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The story of King Charles II and his obsession with a miracle cure popular during his lifetime, is just part of the history of medicinal cannibalism in Europe.
Believe it or not, until the end of the 19th century corpse medicine, literally the consumption of human flesh, blood or brains, was almost normal in Europe!