Ancient Romans Really Did Use Poop as Medicine. We Just Got The First Real Proof.

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Stool transplants are cutting-edge experimental procedures , but using poop as medicine is hardly a modern idea. Ancient Romans knew their… feces – or at least they liked to think they did. According to historical documents, influential doctors in Rome were advising folks to brew up healing poultices and therapeutic fragrances using animal and even human dung. At last, we have the cold, hard evidence. Archaeologists in Türkiye have now found the first chemical traces of human poop in a 1,900-