stackyFACTSSay what you will about modern deductibles, at least your doctor doesn't try to inhale your sickness.
Say what you will about modern deductibles, at least your doctor doesn't try to inhale your sickness. Traditional Siberian shamans viewed illnesses as physical manifestations of evil spirits trapped in the body. The standard mystical cure involved the shaman placing their mouth directly on the afflicted body part and aggressively sucking out the spirit, frequently spitting out a bloody worm or pebble (which they hid in their mouth beforehand) as proof of the successful exorcism.
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