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Ancient Romans drank gladiator blood as an epilepsy cure

Original: Ancient Romans thought drinking gladiator blood could cure epilepsy. Via @popsci #Health ❤️‍🩹 🧑‍⚕️ #History Ancient Roma

Ancient Romans believed that drinking the blood of fallen gladiators could cure epilepsy, a practice rooted in their ideas about vitality and strength transferring through blood. The gruesome medical custom, resurfaced by Popular Science, highlights how far medical understanding has come and why such remedies persisted for centuries in Roman society.

Why now: A history-of-medicine anecdote about Roman medical beliefs is circulating as a curiosities and health story.

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