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- Mellified_man abstract "Mellified man, or human mummy confection, was a legendary medicinal substance created by steeping a human cadaver in honey. The concoction is mentioned only in Chinese sources, most significantly the Bencao Gangmu of the 16th-century Chinese pharmacologist Li Shizhen. Relying on a second-hand account, Li reports a story that some elderly men in Arabia, nearing the end of their lives, would submit themselves to a process of mummification in honey to create a healing confection.This process differed from a simple body donation because of the aspect of self-sacrifice; the mellification process would ideally start before death. The donor would stop eating any food other than honey, going as far as to bathe in the substance. Shortly, his feces (and even his sweat, according to legend) would consist of honey. When this diet finally proved fatal, the donor's body would be placed in a stone coffin filled with honey. After a century or so, the contents would have turned into a sort of confection reputedly capable of healing broken limbs and other ailments. This confection would then be carefully sold in street markets as a hard to find item with a hefty price.".
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- Mellified_man wikiPageRevisionID "604593048".
- Mellified_man hasPhotoCollection Mellified_man.
- Mellified_man subject Category:Arabian_mythology.
- Mellified_man subject Category:Cannibalism_in_fiction.
- Mellified_man subject Category:History_of_medicine.
- Mellified_man subject Category:Honey.
- Mellified_man comment "Mellified man, or human mummy confection, was a legendary medicinal substance created by steeping a human cadaver in honey. The concoction is mentioned only in Chinese sources, most significantly the Bencao Gangmu of the 16th-century Chinese pharmacologist Li Shizhen.".
- Mellified_man label "Melificación humana".
- Mellified_man label "Mellified man".
- Mellified_man label "Mellifikation".
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- Mellified_man sameAs Melificación_humana.
- Mellified_man sameAs m.0fs200.
- Mellified_man sameAs Q1767984.
- Mellified_man sameAs Q1767984.
- Mellified_man wasDerivedFrom Mellified_man?oldid=604593048.
- Mellified_man depiction Mellified_man.JPG.
- Mellified_man isPrimaryTopicOf Mellified_man.