By Ron WinslowDebunking a 140-year-old myth, European researchers have determined that long-bottled remains claimed to have been of Joan of Arc are actually those of an Egyptian mummy entombed several centuries before the French heroine was burned at the stake in 1431.The story of how Philippe Charlier, a forensic scientist at Raymond Poincaré Hospital near Paris and his colleagues uncovered the forgery and established the true provenance of the sacred remains–recognized and stored in a Church-owned museum–is revealed in a news article in the journal Nature.In addition to carbon dating and such high-tech tools as infrared spectrometry, the scientists recruited sniffers from French perfume makers Guerlain and Jean Patou to help in the investigation. Their highly trained noses detected the smell of burned plaster dust in the remains,kecove lacoste, Nature’s Declan Butler reports, a finding consistent with Joan of Arc’s death on a plaster stake. But it was the tell-tale scent of vanilla that contributed to the forgery finding: vanillin is a by-product of a body’s decomposition, and not of its cremation, Dr. Charlier said. What also caught the Blog’s attention, though, was the researcher’s assertion that mummies were commonly used as pharmaceutical remedies in Europe during the Middle Ages. A Google inquiry seeking confirmation turned up plenty of evidence, including a well-referenced article in the July 1999 issue of Fortean Times, a magazine dedicated to coverage of strange phenomena.“Mummy, or processed dead flesh, was, for centuries,nike obuv d��mska, one of the most popular cure-all remedies in Europe,” the article said. “Shakespeare’s Othello carried a handkerchief ‘dyed in mummy, which the skilful / Conserved of maidens’ hearts.’”What did mummy cure? The list includes epilepsy, abscesses, rashes, fractures, paralysis, migraine,puma maratonki, throat diseases, coughs, palpitations, stomach ailments, ulcers, liver disorders, bruises, and even the plague, the magazine reported, adding: “It was listed in official pharmacop?ias and sold by apothecaries well into the 18th century. As late as 1908 it could still be ordered from the catalogue of the pharmaceutical company E Merck, who advertised “Genuine Egyptian mummy, as long as the supply lasts, 17 marks 50 per kilogram.”Which causes Health Blog to wonder: Would generic mummy be cheaper?

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