Medical Men Go Wild

[expatinscotland]

anyone watching?

these blokes are something else!

the one means so well, his mind is so narrow, though.

anyone?

interesting viewing tonight if you have interest in indigenous cultures' perspective.

Have had half an eye whilst on MN

Looks interesting. What are they doing, taking conventionalmedicine to an indigenous population?

no, not unless they are asked.

they are tropical medical doctors, who are trying to expose themselves to other ideas, although Xand is quite the cynic .

i was once, too!

So they want the villagers to tell them their secrets, then!

Fucking Hell... those ants

dh is watching while I mumsnet.

Poor wee baby with the swollen neck

my father's mother was pure Mayan, and there is much Mexican Indian on my mother's side, so whenever shows like this come on i'm always interested to watch.

Impressive heritage, Expat

Nothing that exotic features in my family tree!

wasn't watching it till you mentioned it expat.

people can be snobbish about medicine men but that may be because they don't know much about where a lot of conventional medicines got their roots. unintended pun.

It's interesting to see some commonalities the two have in common.

Tobacco smoke as purifying, for example.

Vapour treatments.

Hallucinogens.

It is fascinating tv imo. they are both really genuinely interested in the cultures they visit and the people they are visiting sense that and are very open with them, I think.

Teas to help with certain ailments.

Things like that were just part of our normal growing up experience.

I really liked the shaman Luis.

i'm taping it for my dad.

he always tries to play the skeptic, but then he really enjoys it and appreciates my interest in that part of his heritage .

they are so afraid of death, these brothers.

omg, if he's still a skeptic about luis i don't know what will convince him!

Truly fascinating.

Wish I'd watched it properly from the beginning.

that was one of the best ones yet.

the one the first week was great, too.

they went to Africa.

again, some similarities across indigenous cultures.

really interesting to see!

I think that they were feeling frustrated that they weren't able to help the baby. gorgeous child
and btw, steam is really good for abscesses isn't it?

i don't think they are that close-minded, though, carmenere.

the same thing happened in the first episode, in a baby suffering from malaria.

and they held back until they were asked. that isn't their purpose in going, i think.

but they are open to ideas of others, always a good thing!

He raised an important point though, didn't he...

It is VERY rare in 'modern' (conventional?) medicine to see a child that unwell with an abcess or some such illness/ailment

Yes,gorgeous baby

i agree, what a beautiful baby!

so happy, too.

reminds me of DD2, whom my sister calls a 'Mexi-Scot' .

i wonder what happened to the bloke with the open sores?

or how luis got rid of that axe cut of his, especially as he never wears shoes.