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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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Era First Practiced
1850 1
Tradition or Region
Western biomedicine 1
Profession/Role
Sources
1. History of Psychiatry (Wikipedia)
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  • History of psychiatry, mid-19th century specialty, era
    The beginning of psychiatry as a medical specialty is dated to the middle of the nineteenth century, although one may trace its germination to the late eighteenth century.
  • History of psychiatry, mid-19th century specialty, region
    The beginning of psychiatry as a medical specialty is dated to the middle of the nineteenth century, although one may trace its germination to the late eighteenth century.
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