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This book is an exploration of illness and healing experiences in contemporary society through the veneration of saints: primarily the twin doctors Saints Cosma
Health and Medicine Among the Latter-day Saints
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Pages: 260
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Medical Miracles
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Modern culture tends to separate medicine and miracles, but their histories are closely intertwined. The Roman Catholic Church recognizes saints through canoniz