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Hagiotherapy

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

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  • Alternative medicine stubs
  • History of medicine
  • Psychotherapy by type
  • Science in the Middle Ages
  • Supernatural healing