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Definition of Curanderas
1. curandera [n] - See also: curandera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curanderas
Literary usage of Curanderas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Alternative Medicine: Expanding Medical Horizons by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The training of curanderos and curanderas varies widely. Most practice a combination
of ... Some curanderas specialize in midwifery and infant care. ..."
2. Letters on South America: Comprising Travels on the Banks of the Paraná and (1843)
"The testy, but warm-hearted Tucker- man arrived at Goya just as the curanderas
were beginning to consider my case desperate, and no sooner did he hear of my ..."
3. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"... of demons.1 When we compare these cases with the penalties inflicted at the
period on ,vulgar sorceresses and poor old curanderas, for implied pact, ..."
4. Face to Face with the Mexicans: The Domestic Life, Educational, Social and by Fanny Chambers Gooch Iglehart (1887)
"There is a world c>f witchcraft and superstition in the practice of the curanderas,
and t lie common people stand m great awe of them. ..."
5. Mexico, the Wonderland of the South by William English Carson (1909)
"Once in the market-place at Oaxaca two aged and wrinkled Indian dames were pointed
out to me as great curanderas or wise women. ..."
6. Medical Licensing and Learning in Fourteenth-century Valencia by Luis García Ballester, Michael Rogers McVaugh (1989)
"... in fact, there is very little direct testimony to the practice of medicine by
women in the Crown of Aragon (except as unofficial curanderas). ..."
7. Balancing Reading & Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English by Mary Cappellini (2005)
"They said their mothers had gone to curanderas in their homeland, Mexico, and
here in the United States. I realized that their language ability was at an ..."
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