Mysteries of Ancient Medicine S01 E04 Mummy Medicine, King of Poisons, Maya Sweat Baths

From Europe’s obsession with powdered mummy to Austrians who ingested arsenic for beauty and strength, history is filled with startling cures. Meanwhile, in Guatemala, an ancient Mayan sweat bath carved with a deity exposes healing practices centered on mothers and childbirth. These remedies reveal medicine’s most unexpected paths.