Julie Yvonne Webb wrote an article named “Louisiana Voodoo and Superstitions Related to Health” in order to discuss how Voodoo has influenced the kind of health care sick residents received. She began her article with a general history of what Voodoo is and how it came to Louisiana. Afterward, she discussed in detail how she went about surveying various medical professionals about their knowledge on Voodoo in four different parishes. Webb discussed what folk medicine was and how the basis of this medicine is belief, not knowledge. If a patient got better after receiving folk medicine, then the medicine cured the illness. However, if the patient passed away after receiving treatment, the medicine was not to blame because the patient could not
