Medicine
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Disease, cleanliness, healing, and the workings of the body are described here in ancient terms — sometimes practical, sometimes ritual. Modern medicine frames the same matters differently.
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A chronic bleeding disorder lasting twelve years can be cured instantly by touching a piece of clothing.
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Sufficient personal belief can prevent all illness, making medical treatment unnecessary.
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Rubbing olive oil on a sick person while performing an exorcism is an effective medical treatment.
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Touching the edge of a healer's clothing cures any disease with a 100% success rate.
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Deafness can be cured by inserting fingers into the patient's ears and applying saliva to their tongue.
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Human saliva applied directly to the eyes can restore vision to a blind person.
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A failed attempt to cure blindness with saliva can succeed on the second try using the exact same method.
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Verbal commands spoken aloud can cure deafness, even though the patient cannot hear the commands.
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A person's strength of belief alone can regenerate damaged optic nerves and restore lost eyesight.
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A fever caused by infection can be eliminated by scolding it verbally.
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A single healer once cured an entire town's sick population in one evening with a 100% success rate.
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Leprosy can be cured instantly through skin-to-skin contact with a healthy person.
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Spinal cord injuries and nerve damage can be repaired by receiving moral forgiveness.
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Severely atrophied muscles and tendons can regenerate to full strength within seconds.
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Mental illness is caused by invisible entities inhabiting a person's body.
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A person's body can emit a healing energy field that cures anyone who physically touches them.
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A seriously ill patient can be cured remotely by a healer who never examines or even sees the patient.
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A dead person being carried to burial can sit up and begin speaking without any medical intervention.
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A twelve-year chronic hemorrhaging condition is more effectively treated by touching fabric than by consulting physicians.
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A person's level of religious devotion determines whether they become ill or stay healthy.
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A clinically dead child can be fully revived by holding their hand and speaking to them.
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The authority to cure diseases can be verbally delegated to someone without any medical training.
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One person could correctly diagnose and cure every patient regardless of condition.
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Childhood seizure disorders are caused by an invisible entity that can be expelled by verbal command.