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OlbrechtsJ THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 297
wood, green
tsryii
(poplur)
Go°"t'otr
to use with it
na.SGWO"'
also
i;Di''t'a'sti-GWO"^
he must drink it, L
night, and
GwGf D8
it taken out
of the (liq)
na.ski'
this here
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this, and it swelling,
Hab
wsti'^Ga I
siili'
I
they are sick with
them
k'u'wa
it little (persimmon) (mulberry)
ama'.-'yi
tsi;*'yo°/stt-Nl^' I
they are bitter, and water, Loc
to smoke with
na'^skt-GWO"^'
this here, L
Go''"t'otr
to use with it
nQ'Vo't'i'
to cure with
a Ga'no :i
it boiled
i^ne* G9
it white
GuGf BQ
it taken out
of the (liq)
i;ne-'l9Gt-N'5'
by itself, and
G0"'"tSal€*'D8 i;"'ltkstO.'tr
he to vomit with
a part of it has
been taken
si;na]e''°.i fGa'
in the morning noon
it
kMa'
then
i;*'Datso*'l8t*'t'5tr unc'ca
he should smoke himself white
with it
t'aya'
(cherry)
I
no" ya
rock
SO.i'
the
other
Dile-'ntSG-9'
they begin T L
u'kksto.'tr
ho to vomit
with it
no" ya
rock
k'9N!i' Dalo''nt-Ge' Ge'S^'.i'
clearly yellow-ish it has been
(noticeable)
tsrk'ano''e!a' Galg''kwoDt*-yii'
it which tells remarkable E
G€-y9.
(river-)
branch
V ntne'Go -a
their skin L
This is (for) When They Are Sick With a Swelling
FREE TRANSLATION
Small alder, common persimmon, sycamore, cliokecherry, poplar,
cucumber tree, when boiled (poured) on a rock taken out of the
water, to smoke (i. e., to steam) (the patient) with; and (just this)
by itself. Another (way) also (to cure) this, is (to drink it) to vomit
with it; at the beginning he must drink it in the morning and vomit
with it at noon ; in the evening, then, he should steam himself with
it, using a white rock taken out of the stream. The symptoms are
that their skins are yellow. This medicine here described is a remarkably
(efficacious one) indeed.
explanation
This is a prescription for the treatment of a form of indigestion
or biliousness, attended, by a swelling of the abdomen and yellow-
ness of the skin. The remedy is a sweatbath. A decoction is prepared
of six varieties of barks, and is poured upon one or more stones
(the number depencJing on their size), taken out of the river. The
stones are heated in a fire, and tlie decoction poured on them produces
an abundant steam. (See p. 61.)
48 W. D. form; W. Dial. -ti->G. Dial. -ts-.
^^ Emendation by editor.
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