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Olbrechts] the swimmer MANUSCRIPT 221
The medicine man scratches only over the aching part, no matter
how small it may be, and repeats the operation and the application
at each spot in turn as the pain shifts about, until it disappears, or,
as the medicine man says, "until the important thing is driven out."
When the pain extends over a larger area, as over a whole side of
the body, the whole surface is scratched.
Each paragraph of the formula is recited while rubbing on the
medicine, and at the end the medicine man imitates four times the
cry of the eagle: tsuh, tsuh, tsuh, tsuh, after which he blows four
times upon the spot. The ceremony is repeated four times before
noon for four mornings, the scratching being performed only at the
first application each day.
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ng-wo-t'i' k'ano'Je(!a°^3) 'j,»a' Dalo-'ni ya'ndfk'o'Ja"
to cure with it tells this yellow if they urinate
tsi;VaD!;''no i;stt''Ga | so.\-n'5°' ic't'uno"' tsv'wany'na
they have arteries, it small other, and tall they have arteries,
sinews sinews
Gv'lstaniia-Gwo^' i»Ga*'n8wa' Ge'.s^.'i |
uno-'taGwuDo"'
vn-
It has been steeped, L. warm it has been, H. all day they must
no°'ki' Ga-kt*9"'°D8 a'ma' uGa-'nawii-N^S"'
drink it four restricted salt warm-aud
dt't'a.sti" I
This Tells (About) What to Treat (Them) with if They
Urinate Yellow
FREE TRANSLATION
Small sinews and the other (kind:) Large sinews should merely be
steeped warm; they must drink it all day. Four (days) restricted:
Salt and warm (food).
explanation
[It appears from Mr. Mooney's notes that this prescription is one
of those which Ay. obtained from i;''tlan9''°D8. (See p. 3.) Ay.
copied them in his book, but in some cases did not get the oral direc-
tions along with them, so that in several instances he was not able to
tell Mr. Mooney any more than the written formulas or prescriptions
actually contained. (See p. 157.)]
In this case the patient drinks a warm infusion of the herbs named
and abstains from salt and hot food during the period of the treatment,
viz, four days.
" Interpolated by editor.