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Dr's J and Santhosh explore the medical traditions of voodoo and cajun medicine in the Big Easy.

IN this episode, Dr's J and Santhosh explore the medical traditions of the Big Easy, including voodoo and cajun medicine. Along the way they cover the history of how voodoo is perceived versus how it is practiced, the oldest us medical board, disease gating classicism, yellow fever treatments in the 1850s, voodoo queen marie laveau, Dr Santhosh voodoo lesson, cajun traiteurs, faith healers and herbal lore, and more! SO sit back as we dig into the medical traditions of the crescent city! Further Reading https://egrove.olemiss.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=southernanthro_proceedings#:~:text=Those%20who%20follow%20Vodou%20believe,by%20a%20Western%20medical%20practitioner . https://roguearthistorian.substack.com/p/marie-laveau-a-life-of-healing-and Haitian vodou as a health care system: between magic, religion, and medicine - PubMed  https://share.google/YN5IQaDOesyjWiHWW   chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:749d8bac-63a7-4afe-9696-5cfa40dfc854/files/mce6ae3fd6cdbef1dd2b31c521deda7a2 Support Us spiritually, emotionally or financially here! or on ACAST+ travelmedicinepodcast.com…

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