Motif
Miraculous or unusual cure through indirect medicine
miraculous_or_unusual_cure_through_indirect_medicine
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family, within the sub-family Healing and Provision. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
islamicate folklore
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 931-1034 confidence: high
The physician gives the king a prepared polo bat, explains that the warmed remedy in the handle will enter his body, and tells him to bathe and sleep after play; after following the instructions, the king is completely cured the next morning.
The physician cures the king by placing medicine in a polo club handle and having the king exercise until the remedy penetrates his body.
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