The mystique of the ‘medicine man’

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The mystique of the ‘medicine man’

Greg Judkins
Toddler and young boy CR Edward Cisneros on Unsplash
Childbirth is magical; it is common now for children to be present at a sibling’s birth [Image: Edward Cisneros on Unsplash]

Greg Judkins looks at the heady aura surrounding medicine and doctors, particularly in earlier times, and how attitudes towards life events have evolved

What do children make of us doctors? What magic do they ascribe to our tools of the trade? What do they imagine we can see when we peer into their ear