He was known as a patron against sicknesses and diseases affecting the bladder and genitals. He classifies the second kind as the different diseases and sicknesses one suffers from. This bark is believed to cure malaria, stomach cancer, gastric ulcers and kidney sicknesses. Characters might get sicknesses like cholera, typhoid, measles and more. Nkondi are invoked to search out wrongdoing, enforce oaths, and cause or cure sicknesses. Air pollutants have a devastating effect on the human population because it causes sicknesses. The individuals were typically recovering from accidents as well as sicknesses. He has knowledge of pregnancies and sicknesses before his disciples tell him. According to legends, the kobyz and its music could banish evil spirits, sicknesses and death. Specific sicknesses were linked to individual gods and their punishments. People worship the neem tree as Shitala for good health and protection from dangerous sicknesses. During this time longevity increased, sicknesses were banished, and peace and prosperity reigned. The 19th century was a century of poverty, bad harvests, sicknesses and hunger. The mental sicknesses were added in 1952. There were many other gods as well, each connected to their own set of sicknesses.