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The Cactus Andean Healers Drink to See Your Illness
San Pedro (wachuma) is an Andean healing cactus carved in stone at Chavín ~750 BC and still used by curanderos today. Sources: Stela of the Cactus Bearer; ICEERS.
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1 Myth-corrected
The Inca Had a Licensed Doctor — Your Pharmacist AND Your Surgeon
The Inca Empire had an official doctor — the hampicamayoc — who was both pharmacist and surgeon. Sources: Elferink (Revista de Indias); Marino & Gonzales-Portillo, Neurosurgery 2000.
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