Hagiotherapy

Hagiotherapy is the medieval practice of using religious relics, prayers, pilgrimages, etc. to alleviate sickness. It was used to treat epilepsy during the Middle Ages with Saint Valentine particularly associated with the treatment as an 'epilepsy specialist'.

References

↑ Crane, Susan The Performance of Self: Ritual, Clothing and Identity During the Hundred Years War (Middle Ages) University of Pennsylvania Press (28 May 2002) ISBN 978-0-8122-1806-0 p.186
↑ Lopez-Ibor Jr, JJ and Maria Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer "Religious Experience and Psychopathology" in Peter Verhagen, Herman M. Van Praag, Juan Jose López-Ibor, John Cox, Driss Moussaoui Religion and Psychiatry: Beyond Boundaries: Implications for Clinical Practice (World Psychiatric Association) WileyBlackwell (29 Dec 2009) ISBN 978-0-470-69471-8 p.213, pdf of chapter at

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[1] Crane, Susan The Performance of Self: Ritual, Clothing and Identity During the Hundred Years War (Middle Ages) University of Pennsylvania Press (28 May 2002) ISBN 978-0-8122-1806-0 p.186

[2] Lopez-Ibor Jr, JJ and Maria Ines Lopez-Ibor Alcocer "Religious Experience and Psychopathology" in Peter Verhagen, Herman M. Van Praag, Juan Jose López-Ibor, John Cox, Driss Moussaoui Religion and Psychiatry: Beyond Boundaries: Implications for Clinical Practice (World Psychiatric Association) WileyBlackwell (29 Dec 2009) ISBN 978-0-470-69471-8 p.213, pdf of chapter at