Word: dzhuna
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Despite their comprehensive (and free) medical system, Soviet citizens are not above consulting some rather peculiar practitioners. The current toast of Moscow, for example, is a Georgian nurse named Dzhuna Davitashvili, who claims she can diagnose illnesses without laying eyes on the patient. Muscovites are clamoring to see her, and eagerly pass stories about how she cured cancer or made roses bloom with a wave of her hand. Nurse Davitashvili refuses to charge fees-but she does accept presents...