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Old 11-03-2009
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Other folk treatments range from directly porting and bleeding the gastrointestinal tract to "cleansing" the diseased with a dove during a Santeria ritual. The efficacy of these treatments has never been studied or substantiated; nevertheless they are purportedly still used to this day."

(both quotes from Wikipedia)
Yeah but then you have to carry a cage of doves and chickens on board for the voodoo rituals. It's always something

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