Acta Medica Medianae
Vol. 46, No 1, January, 2007
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
 

Correspondence to:
Miško Živić

Medicinski fakultet

Bulevar dr Zorana Đinđića 81

18000 Niš, Srbija

Copyright 2007 by Faculty  of Medicine, University of Nis

POPULAR HEALERS

Popular medicine appeared in ancient times. The skills of a popular healer were passed generation to generation. They were people of all kinds: barbers, witch doctors, fortunetellers, Moslem priests, clergymen, monks, herb gatherers and wound healers. Even the rulers “healed” others when there was a serous wound to heal. The most popular one in Nis was Deruni Baba (“there was no prayer that God would not fulfill to Deruni Baba”). The people were helping each other with superstition. Acta Medica Medianae 2007;46(1):23-24.

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