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The gruesome treatments and macabre practices of Aztec medicine

In the center of Mesoamerica, the Aztec Empire thrived from the 14th to the 16th century. Known for their impressive architectural feats and warrior society, the Aztecs also practiced a form of medicine that blurred the line between the spiritual and the practical. They had an extensive knowledge of botany and anatomy, which they used to concoct potent remedies which healed a wide range of sicknesses among the Aztec people...

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    The gruesome treatments and macabre practices of Aztec medicine

    The gruesome treatments and macabre practices of Aztec medicine

    In the center of Mesoamerica, the Aztec Empire thrived from the 14th to the 16th century. Known for their impressive architectural feats and warrior …

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