Scholarly discussion of the subject begins and ends with the work of Richard Sugg, which he devotes a chapter of his book to recounting. Sugg outlines the long history of the use of human corpses as a form of medicine, from the ingestion of mummies, crushed skulls, fat, and blood. He uses the writing and accounts of both medical professionals and those of the people who prescribed to this form of medicine well into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He does note that during the eighteenth century there was some criticism over the use of mummia and usnea, but no such criticism is found over the use of human fat or that of medical
Scholarly discussion of the subject begins and ends with the work of Richard Sugg, which he devotes a chapter of his book to recounting. Sugg outlines the long history of the use of human corpses as a form of medicine, from the ingestion of mummies, crushed skulls, fat, and blood. He uses the writing and accounts of both medical professionals and those of the people who prescribed to this form of medicine well into the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He does note that during the eighteenth century there was some criticism over the use of mummia and usnea, but no such criticism is found over the use of human fat or that of medical