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Revision as of 12:50, 19 November 2002 by Derek Ross (talk | contribs) (copyedit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)A medicine man is a person recognized as a local physician knowledgeable in the healing arts who serves at the will of the people in the community. The communities for which this positioon exists are often hunter-gatherer or agrarian.
The medicine man is an artist who applies with skill the endemic knowledge about healing arts to the local folklore. He is not unlike the modern day physician whose practice is measured in court against the norm of practice within the local community.