Hagiotherapy

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Hagiotherapy is the medieval practice of using religious relics, prayers, pilgrimages, etc. to alleviate sickness.^[1] It was used to treat epilepsy during the Middle Ages with Saint Valentine particularly associated with the treatment as an 'epilepsy specialist'.^[2]

References

↑ Crane, Susan The Performance of Self: Ritual, Clothing and Identity During the Hundred Years War (Middle Ages) University of Pennsylvania Press (28 May 2002) ISBN 978-0-8122-1806-0 p.186
↑ Lopez-Ibor Jr, JJ and Maria Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer "Religious Experience and Psychopathology" in Peter Verhagen, Herman M. Van Praag, Juan Jose López-Ibor, John Cox, Driss Moussaoui Religion and Psychiatry: Beyond Boundaries: Implications for Clinical Practice (World Psychiatric Association) WileyBlackwell (29 Dec 2009) ISBN 978-0-470-69471-8 p.213, pdf of chapter at

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[1] Crane, Susan The Performance of Self: Ritual, Clothing and Identity During the Hundred Years War (Middle Ages) University of Pennsylvania Press (28 May 2002) ISBN 978-0-8122-1806-0 p.186

[2] Lopez-Ibor Jr, JJ and Maria Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer "Religious Experience and Psychopathology" in Peter Verhagen, Herman M. Van Praag, Juan Jose López-Ibor, John Cox, Driss Moussaoui Religion and Psychiatry: Beyond Boundaries: Implications for Clinical Practice (World Psychiatric Association) WileyBlackwell (29 Dec 2009) ISBN 978-0-470-69471-8 p.213, pdf of chapter at

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