Suruhånu or Suruhåna are people who function as herbal healers in some
Pacific Island cultures. Such people exist on the island of
Guam and are a result of Pre-colonial times where people known as ''makahna'' were believed to mediate between the physical and spiritual worlds.
Culture of Guam - History and ethnic relations, Urbanism, architecture, and the use of space
/ref> It comes from the Spanish word ''cirujano'' (international phonetic = θi ru 'xa no) or "surgeon
In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...
", here taking the general meaning of healer.
References
Health in Guam
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