A model of a 19th-century<unk>  woman in her house, at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, England<unk> , also known as<unk>  healers or wise<unk> , were practitioners of<unk>  medicine, helpful<unk>  magic and divination in Europe from the Middle Ages until the 20th century. Their practices were known as the<unk>  craft. Their services also included thwarting witchcraft. Although some<unk>  were denounced as witches themselves, they made up a minority of those accused, and the common people generally made a distinction between the two. The name<unk> ' originally referred to<unk> -healers and magic-workers in Britain, but the name is now applied as an umbrella term for similar people in other parts of Europe. Names given to<unk> -healers and magic-workers in Europe include: * the French devins-guérisseurs ("soothsayer-healers") and leveurs de sorts ("curse-lifters") * the Italian benandanti ("good walkers") * the Dutch toverdokters ("magic-doctors") or duivelbanners ("devil-banners") * the German Hexenmeister or Kräuterhexen * the Irish bean feasa ("woman of knowledge"), banfháidh or fáidhbhean ("seeress") * the Spanish curanderos ("healers") * the Portuguese curandeiros/as, benzedeiros/as ("blessers") or mulheres de virtude ("women of virtue") * the Danish kloge<unk>  ("wise<unk> ") * the Swedish klok gumma ("wise old woman") or klok gubbe ("wise old man") * the Slavic vedmaki ("warlocks") * the Finnish and Karelian tietäjät ("knowers")
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Wet market
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Street medic
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