History Psychic surgery

1 history

1.1 philippines
1.2 brazil
1.3 north america

history

accounts of psychic surgery started appear in spiritualist communities of philippines , brazil in mid-1900s.

philippines

in philippines, procedure first noticed in 1940s, when performed routinely eleuterio terte. terte , pupil tony agpaoa, apparently associated union espiritista christiana de filipinas (the christian spiritist union of philippines), trained others in procedure.

in 1959, procedure came attention of u. s. public after publication of strange unknown ron ormond , ormond mcgill. authors called practice fourth dimensional surgery, , wrote [we] still don’t know think; have motion pictures show wasn’t work of normal magician, , filipinos said — miracle of god performed fourth dimensional surgeon.

in ...1973, group of medical doctors, scientists, , parapsychologists visited philippine islands study phenomenon causing increased furor amongst health professionals ... filipino psychic surgeons, known spiritual/magnetic healers.

alex orbito, became known in u. s. through association actress shirley maclaine 1 said practitioner of procedure. on june 14, 2005, orbito arrested canadian authorities , indicted fraud. on jan 20, 2006, charges dropped seemed unlikely orbito convicted.

psychic surgery made u.s. tabloid headlines in march 1984 when entertainer andy kaufman, diagnosed large cell carcinoma (a rare lung cancer), traveled philippines six-week course of psychic surgery. practitioner jun labo claimed have removed large cancerous tumors , kaufman declared believed cancer had been removed. kaufman died renal failure consequence of metastatic lung cancer, on may 16, 1984.

brazil

the origins of practice in brazil obscure; late 1950s spiritual healers practicing in country. many of them associated spiritism, major spiritualistic movement in brazil , claimed performing operations merely channels spirits of deceased medical doctors.

a known brazilian psychic healer routinely practiced psychic surgery zé arigó, claimed channeling deceased medical doctor of name dr. fritz. unlike other psychic healers, work bare-handed, arigó used non-surgical blade. other psychic healers claimed channel dr. fritz edson queiroz , rubens farias jr.. popular today (especially abroad) joão de faria, known joão de deus, quack operating in abadiânia, state of goiás.

according descriptions of yoshiaki omura, brazilian psychic surgery appears different practiced in philippines. omura calls attention fact practitioners in brazil use techniques resembling qigong, shiatsu massage, , chiropractic manipulation. patients injected brown liquid, , alleged minor surgery performed in 20% of cases observed. while arigó performed procedures using kitchen knives in improvised settings, omura reports clamping of blood vessels , closing of surgical wounds performed licensed surgeons or licensed nurses.

north america

in 1970s specific form of surgery known psychic dentistry emerged in america. willard fuller known proponent. alleged fuller cause dental fillings appear spontaneously, change silver golden fillings, straighten crooked teeth or produce new teeth. however, magicians , skeptics have found these claims unsupported solid evidence. 1 dentist examined patients of fuller. in 1 case miraculous gold fillings turned out tobacco stains. in case female patient reported miraculous new silver filling admitted had forgotten filling there.