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Curanderos, traditional Mexican American healers, use three levels of treatment depending on the source of the illness: material, spiritual, and mental (Trotter & Chavira, 1997). What are some of the techniques used in two of the following: the material, spiritual, and mental levels?
 
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One of the main elements of Western biomedicine is surgery. What do you know about the origin of surgery and some technological milestones in surgery?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Material: eggs, lemons, garlic, ribbons, religious symbols, crucifix, water, oils, and incense. These are used to either emit or absorb vibrating energy that repairs the energy field around a person. Ceremonies include prayers, ritual sweepings, or cleansing (Torres & Sawyer, 2005).Spiritual: curandero entering a trance, leaving his or her body, and playing the role of a medium. Mental level: using the power the healer has, such as using herbs as treatments.

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First practiced by early Egyptians and Peruvians some 6,000 years ago. First coronary bypass was performed in 1951, and the first heart transplant was performed in 1967 . Surgery and drugs are the primary attempts to cure or treat illness in Western medicine.


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