Emilio Laporga
From Kook Science
Emilio Laporga is a Filipino faith healer active in Cebu City, Philippines who has been noted for feats of alleged surgical and dental character, including the extraction of diseased tissue, tumours, and teeth, the removal of cataracts from eyeballs, and many others besides, all by hand and without anesthesia nor surgical tools.
Reading
- Licauco, Jaime T. (1999), "Emilio Laporga, The Healer Who Pulled My Tooth Without Anesthesia", Magicians of God: Faith Healers in the Philippines and Around the World, Anvil