Arigo Surgeon of the Rusty Knife Author:John G. Fuller This is the amazing true story of the Brazilian peasant who slashed his patients with rusty knives, used no anesthetics and had no medical training -- yet confounded the world with thousands of miraculous cures! — Contained in the book are 16 pages of startling photographs, a 5 page bibliography, and a detailed 9 page index. Startling Facts: Arig... more »o worked at lightning speed, performing operations in less than a minute, treating an average of 300 patients in a day. He worked in a trance, his movements controlled by the spirit of a German doctor who first appeared to him in a dream. He cured fatal cancers with jackknives and razors; cataracts, with nail-scissors; goiters, with paring knives. He cut flesh and tissue with the dull edge of a knife blade and sometimes with only his nands and fingers. What is described in ARIGO has been fully authenticated by a team of renowned physicians and by a motion picture of Arigo in action. Stills from this film are among the illustrations contained in this book.« less