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The hosts cited the title while exploring a 17th‑century recipe for mummia that detailed preserving a hanged red‑haired man's body with myrrh and aloes. They noted the bizarre nature of the procedure as an example of odd historical medical practices. The book was referenced as the source of this macabre detail.
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The 17th-century book included a recipe for mummia, which involved the mummification of a hanged red-haired man.
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a mummy had been made of the cadaver of a red headed man aged 24 who'd been hanged. The corpse is to lie in cold water in the air for 24 hours after which the flesh was cut in pieces and sprinkled with a powder of myrrh and aloes.