In Egypt, a person bitten by a rabid dog was encouraged to eat the roasted liver of a dog infected with rabies to avoid contracting the disease. The tooth of a dog infected with rabies would also be put in a band tied to the arm of the person bitten. The menstrual blood of a female...
Viruses too. There is actually little use for coughing and sneezing when infected with a virus, but an (airborn) virus has a great benefit because of this. It is thought that viruses simply try to take advantage of our coughing/sneezing reflexes as a propulsion system to get around and inf...