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Psychic Surgery

Historical and Premodern Treatment Practice

Psychic surgery is a medical fraud in which practitioners create the illusion of performing surgery with their bare hands, using sleight of hand, fake blood and animal parts to convince a patient that diseased tissue has been removed and the incision has spontaneously healed. The technique can fool members of the public but is recognizable to experienced stage magicians, who use the same sleight-of-hand methods for entertainment.

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Psychic surgery is a medical fraud in which practitioners create the illusion of performing surgery with their bare hands and use sleight of hand, fake blood, and animal parts to convince the patient that diseased lesions have been removed and that the incision has spontaneously healed.
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