mummia

Ingredients

mummia

Evidence

"This remedy could be deploying mummia, a secretion from embalmed bodies which was frequently listed in medical remedies, including those originating from learned authorities."

Remarks

The text references a remedy for a 'mormal' (a scabbed ulcer) that involves washing with 'þe water þat a ded mon was ywasche wyþ'. Footnote 80 suggests this practice is related to the use of mummia, a substance derived from embalmed bodies (p. 259). Mummia was widely used in both medicine and as a pigment throughout the medieval period.