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Article: FOLK MEDICINE: The Art of Healing
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- The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
- Article date:
- October 11, 1996
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FOLK MEDICINE: The Art of Healing.
Dr. Eliseo Torres was born in the small town of Poteet, Texas, located south of San Antonio. As a young Mexican American growing up in south Texas, he became acquainted with many traditional Mexican folk healings known as curanderismo. Among the region's Hispanic population, these old remedies were routinely applied to treat such common ailments as colds or stomach aches.
At the time, young "Cheo" Torres thought little about the nature of these curious treatments. "I didn't know why my mother and relatives did what they did, but it seemed to work," recalls Torres, who is currently serving as vice president for student affairs at The University of New ...