ANTH 363 Study Guide - Final Guide: Snake Handling, David Koresh, Branch Davidians
10 Apr 2017
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Virus: experience, includes psychological dimensions, social concern, an identity, negotiated. The medical process: etiology (cause), diagnosis, treatment, prevention. Illness brought about by supernatural powers: possession, soul loss. Two polls (one in 2001 and one in 2006) showed that 40-41% of americans believe in demonic possession. Infant daughter has epileptic seizures: u(cid:374)de(cid:396)stood as soul flight; doo(cid:396) sla(cid:373)(cid:373)ed a(cid:374)d (cid:272)hild(cid:859)s soul fled, (cid:271)e(cid:272)a(cid:373)e lost, epileptics often seen as qualification for shaman. Intrusion: something has gotten into your body and is making you sick, not necessarily a material something, wages of sin, sorcery and witchcraft, supernatural powers, possession, soul loss. Diagnosis: the means by which etiology (cause) is determined. Etiology: the cause of a disease or condition. Treatment: curing vs. healing: curing: focus on pathogenic factors affecting the physical body, technical fixes, healing: more than symptom management, attempt to restore psychological harmony, identified more with traditional medicine.
