They were ready to take on a key role in the elmination of the great mass of female healers the ,,witches." The partnership between Church, State and medical profession reached full bloom in the witch trials. The doctor was held up the medical ,,expert," giving an aura of science to the whole proceeding. He was asked to make judgements about whether certain women were witches and whether certain afflictions had been caused by witchcraft. In the witch-hunts, the Church explicitly legitimized the doctors' professionalism, denouncing non-professional healing as equivalent the heresy: ,,If a woman dare to cure without having studied she is a witch and must die." Finally, the witch craze provided a handy excuse for the doctor's failings in everyday practice: Anything he couldn't cure was obviously the result of sorcery. The distinction between ,,female" superstition and ,,male" medicine was made final by the very role of the doctor and the witch at the trial
The volume of information that a computer diskette can hold is astounding. This voluminous report will erase your doubt about the financial condition of the company. MATCHING Choose the synonym 1. caliber 6. precious (A) volume (A) cherished (B) marvel (B) substantive (C) quality (C) vague (D) acclaim (D) tangible 2. ignore 7. condensed (A) disregard (A) summarized (B) separate (B) emphasized (C) deplete (C) legitimized (D) withstand (D) authorized 3. acknowledged 8. assimilate (A) exaggerated (A) illustrate (B) recognized (B) incorporate (C) exemplified (C) investigate (D) accentuated (D) isolate 4. assortment 9. renown (A) assertion (A) reaction (B) selection (B) vast (C) pattern (C) prominent (D) ingredient (D) requisite 5. obtain 10. contradictory (A) acquire (A) ambiguous (B) unravel (B) requisite