Blood, as well as other body substances, has been held since antiquity to have special properties (scatatherapeutic). Urine, semen and even faeces were believed to have healing properties for a range of complaints. The healing power of fresh blood, preferably from the silky necks of delectable virgins, was the basis for the vampire legend. The ultimate manifestation of the scatatherapeutic legend was the belief that semen ejaculated when a man was hanged was especially powerful – but if it hit the ground, a mandrake plant would grow...
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