however , since an integral element of malay midwifery is protection from and mastery over mystical forces in nature and evil spirits harboured by witches , a midwife is also an exorcist with skills rather similar to the malay bomoh ( traditional medical practitioner , usually male ) except that her range of knowledge of witchcraft is limited to diagnostic and curative rituals of spirit-possession , in infants and children , young unmarried women and pregnant mothers .
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