Morisco doctors were accused of sorcery for curing patients others gave up on

Evidence

Ironically, and in stark contrast to judeoconverso doctors and apothecaries, it would seem that morisco medical practitioners were often accused of sorcery and supernatural medical powers because their cures kept Old Christian patients alive when other licensed and university-trained doctors had abandoned all hope of a recovery. β€” James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 411

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to the broader claim in this book that different minority groups (judeoconversos, moriscos) attract different accusation patterns.
  • SEED: The trope of the β€˜too good’ outsider healer β€” minority doctor punished for competence β€” has a modern echo in suspicion of immigrant medical credentials.