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PECULIAR PEOPLE

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 36 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PECULIAR See also:PEOPLE , a small See also:sect of See also:Christian faith-healers founded in See also:London in 1838 by See also:John Banyard. They consider themselves See also:bound by the literal See also:interpretation of See also:James v. 14, and in cases of sickness seek no medical aid but rely on oil, See also:prayer and See also:nursing. The community is in the See also:main composedof See also:simple working people, who, apart from their peculiarity, have a See also:good reputation; but their avoidance of professional medical attendance has led to severe See also:criticism at inquests on See also:children who have died for want of it.

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