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They call themselves doctors, travestying what was once a noble profession, but in reality they are medicine-men, devil-devil men, and they make for superstition and darkness.
Page 3 2010
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Also, he brought with him old medicine-men, who elaborated to her the everlasting damnation of her father if the debt were not paid.
The Wit of Porportuk 2010
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And, my grandsons, let me warn you against the medicine-men.
Page 3 2010
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One of the medicine-men, towering above his tribesmen, stood out distinctly.
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This action of the Department greatly incensed the savages, and the agent's offer of the annuities without guns and pistols was insolently refused, the Indians sulking back to their camps, the young men giving themselves up to war-dances, and to powwows with "medicine-men," till all hope of control was gone.
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Once participating medicine-men and hospitals set their mobile status to “available”, their location is constantly broadcasted to the web, along with information from a database concerning their areas of specialisation.
BPN 1400 Europrix 09 winners (2) Jak Boumans 2009
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Once participating medicine-men and hospitals set their mobile status to “available”, their location is constantly broadcasted to the web, along with information from a database concerning their areas of specialisation.
Archive 2009-11-01 Jak Boumans 2009
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It is said that two of a trade never agree, and accordingly we find the hottest wrath of the missioners vented upon their rival brethren, the Ngangas or medicine-men in Africa, and the Pages or
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The people at large are satisfied, and the main supporters of the traffic — the chiefs, the “medicine-men,” and the white traders — have at length been powerless to arrest its destruction.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Ostentatiously the medicine-men washed the death-bone clean, restored it to its unholy nook, and returned solemnly to the camp.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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