Mummia
Mummia, mumia, or originally mummy referred to several different preparations in the history of medicine, from "mineral pitch" to "powdered human mummies". It originated from Arabic mūmiyā "a type of resinous bitumen found in Western Asia and used curatively" in traditional Islamic medicine, which was translated as pissasphaltus (from "pitch" and "asphalt") in ancient Greek medicine. In medieval European medicine, mūmiyā "bitumen" was transliterated into Latin as mumia meaning both "a bituminous medicine from Persia" and "mummy". Merchants in apothecaries dispensed expensive mummia bitumen, which was thought to be an effective cure-all for many ailments. It was also used as an aphrodisiac. Beginning around the 12th century when supplies of imported natural bitumen ran short, mummia was mis
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Mummia
Mummia, mumia, or originally mummy referred to several different preparations in the history of medicine, from "mineral pitch" to "powdered human mummies". It originated from Arabic mūmiyā "a type of resinous bitumen found in Western Asia and used curatively" in traditional Islamic medicine, which was translated as pissasphaltus (from "pitch" and "asphalt") in ancient Greek medicine. In medieval European medicine, mūmiyā "bitumen" was transliterated into Latin as mumia meaning both "a bituminous medicine from Persia" and "mummy". Merchants in apothecaries dispensed expensive mummia bitumen, which was thought to be an effective cure-all for many ailments. It was also used as an aphrodisiac. Beginning around the 12th century when supplies of imported natural bitumen ran short, mummia was mis
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Mumia (auch Pulvis mumiae, Mum ...... tärkungsmittel verwendet wird.
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Mumia es un término que se usó ...... edades curativas maravillosas.
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Mummia, mumia, or originally m ...... oil-paint called mummy brown.
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Pulver mumiae (z łac. "proszek ...... aptekach jeszcze w XIX wieku.
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Mumia (auch Pulvis mumiae, Mum ...... tärkungsmittel verwendet wird.
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Mumia es un término que se usó ...... edades curativas maravillosas.
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Mummia, mumia, or originally m ...... umen ran short, mummia was mis
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Pulver mumiae (z łac. "proszek ...... aptekach jeszcze w XIX wieku.
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Pulver mumiae
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