Mice were used in ancient Rome for medicinal purposes. What were they used to treat?


In ancient Rome and during the Middle Ages, mice were used as medicine against all kinds of diseases. They
were dried, pulverized, sliced, or marinated in oils, and then used as a compress or taken internally. Their
blood was a favored ingredient of drugs and tonics. Mice were supposedly good for flesh wounds, snakebites,
warts, bladder irregularities, diabetes, enlarged thyroid glands, diseases of the eye, and loss of hair.

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