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This dimension sorts healers by their profession or role, a physician, a surgeon, a nurse or a traditional healer. Wikipedia notes that a medical doctor is "a health professional who practices medicine," one of several distinct roles that healers have held throughout history. Browsing by profession compares healers who did the same kind of work.

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Comparison
Era First Practiced
1860 1
Tradition or Region
Western biomedicine 1
Profession/Role
Sources
1. History of Nursing (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • History of nursing, Nightingale school 1860, era
    Florence Nightingale, an angel of mercy, set up her nursing school in 1860
  • History of nursing, Nightingale school 1860, region
    Florence Nightingale, an angel of mercy, set up her nursing school in 1860
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