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From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

healers people who treat illness or suffering by calling forth divine help or by attempting to control the body with the mind and spirit. Since prehistoric times healers have used such techniques as anointing with oil, the laying on of hands, and prayer. The term also refers to Christian Science practitioners. See also medicine man ; shaman .

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