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sacred disease

sacred disease In this historical source, the sacred disease is an illness understood in antiquity as having a divine or god-sent character.

In this historical source, the sacred disease is an illness understood in antiquity as having a divine or god-sent character. It is linked with hallucination and other mental disturbance, for which ritual purification and sprinkling were used.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc01tuke:chars-94500-106500).
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