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Sometimes a mantrava (magician) cures snake-bite by touching a special small black stone against the wound, and then tying it there while he says some spells...Following a snake-bite water must under no circumstances touch any part of the body, and of course the patient must not walk through a stream or be in the rain.

• Source: Hockings, Paul. Sex and disease in a mountain community. Sahibabad, Distt. Ghaziabad: Vikas Publishing Pvt Ltd., 1980.
• Culture: Badaga
• Location: Asia