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Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore ; : 217-220, 2007.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-250843

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<p><b>INTRODUCTION</b>Singaporeans are superstitious, and medical staff are no exception to the rule. We conducted a survey to determine the prevalence of superstitious beliefs and practices amongst doctors, nurses and medical students in Singapore.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Internet and face-to-face surveys of 68 respondents, all of whom completed the survey after being threatened with curses and hexes.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Sixty-eight doctors, nurses and medical students responded to our survey. Only 11 admitted to being superstitious, yet 31 believed in the ill-fortune associated with eating bao or meat dumplings, 6 in the nefarious powers of black (5) or red (1) outfits on call, and 14 believed that bathing (6 insisting on the powers of the seven-flower bath) prior to the onset of a call portended good fortune, in terms of busy-ness of a call. Twenty-four believed in "black clouds", i.e. people who attracted bad luck whilst on call, and 32 refused to mouth the words "having a good call" until the day after the event. We discovered 2 hitherto undescribed and undiscovered superstitions, namely the benefits of eating bread and the need to avoid beef, for the good and ill fortune associated with their ingestion.</p><p><b>DISCUSSION</b>Superstitious practices are alive and well in modern-day Singapore, the practice not necessarily being restricted to the poorly-educated or foolish.</p>


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Humans , Attitude of Health Personnel , Singapore , Superstitions
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Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore ; : 127-129, 2006.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-300137

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Ailments afflicting wizarding folk are underreported in the muggle world. The recent integration of muggles and magical folk with the return of You-Know-Who (aka He Who Must Not Be Named) may result in a similar affliction of inhabitants of both worlds. We describe interesting maladies afflicting muggles and wizarding folk alike, arising from the use and misuse of magic. We also provide a basic glossary of magical ailments, and describe their muggle corollaries. Further studies will hopefully result in the development of immunity against the unforgivable curses.


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Humans , Wit and Humor as Topic , Witchcraft
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