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When doctors with "official" cares could not heal the sick, recourse to alternative treatments and figures.
Treatment with leeches was entrusted to a woman named mammena (midwife) that was also attended by women during childbirth. The leeches were closed in glass jar and applied behind the ears.
Failure to cure the extreme remedy that has been used was the rassa. The relatives of the patient were knocking on homes asking for a sign of interest and solidarity collected lard, drops of oil, wheat seeds, some rock salt, vegetables, legumes. These gifts were boiled and poured into a hot bath which was immersed in the patient.