Zé Arigó

Zé Arigó was a faith healer and a proponent of a type of medical fraud known as psychic surgery. He claimed to have performed psychic surgery with his hands or with simple kitchen utensils while in a mediumistic trance, and was therefore also known as the Surgeon of the Rusty Knife. During his operations he supposedly embodied the spirit of Dr. Adolf Fritz. The record here is of what was claimed and how the claims are regarded, not an endorsement of the practice.

Zé Arigó was a faith healer and a proponent of a type of medical fraud known as psychic surgery. He claimed to have performed psychic surgery with his hands or with simple kitchen utensils while in a mediumistic trance, and was therefore also known as the Surgeon of the Rusty Knife. During his operations he supposedly embodied the spirit of Dr. Adolf Fritz. The record here is of what was claimed and how the claims are regarded, not an endorsement of the practice. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/