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Deer, diseases caused by ghost<br />
INDEX 313<br />
Page<br />
of<br />
Del., a medicine man, charac-<br />
28<br />
terized<br />
115-116<br />
Denstaedtia punctiloba, use<br />
of<br />
Dentistry—<br />
228<br />
among the Cherokee<br />
See also Toothache.<br />
72<br />
Dewberry, medicinal use of 253<br />
Diagnosis of disease<br />
Diarrhea—<br />
39-41<br />
diet for 65<br />
formula for<br />
DiOSPYROS VIRGINIANA<br />
193, 244, 282<br />
pestle made of wood of 293<br />
use of 275,298<br />
Diphtheria, formula for 254, 261<br />
Dipper, gourd, use of, by medicine<br />
man<br />
Diseases—<br />
58<br />
causes of 15-16, 17-39<br />
change in conception of 77-80<br />
Cherokee conception of 14—16<br />
contagious, cause of 39<br />
contagious, safeguard<br />
against 75<br />
curing methods in 60-64, 67-68<br />
efficacy of treatment of 81-83<br />
number of, known to the<br />
Cherokee 89<br />
prevention of 73-77<br />
transferring of 62-63<br />
treatment of 39-83<br />
See also Formulas; Medicine;<br />
Sickness.<br />
Dislocations, treatment of<br />
Divination—<br />
72<br />
by means of beads 132<br />
procedure in 93-94<br />
Divinator, activities of 86<br />
Dogs, medicine given to 30<br />
Dogwood, medicinal use of<br />
Dreams—<br />
199, 283<br />
as a cause of disease 35-37, 40<br />
belief concerning 15<br />
formula for 246<br />
interpretation of 36-37<br />
nightmare, remedy for 176-177<br />
of ill omen, formula for 304<br />
snake, formulas for 167<br />
taboo concerning 178<br />
Page<br />
Dutchman's pipe, medicinal<br />
useof 288<br />
Dwarf iris, use of 288<br />
Dysentery, formula for 244<br />
Earache, formulas for 167<br />
Echium vulgare, use of 307<br />
Edmunds, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.,<br />
JR., acknowledgment to xv<br />
Election of coffin makers and<br />
grave diggers 135-136<br />
Emetics, use of 23<br />
Epidemics, Cherokee belief concerning<br />
39<br />
Epigaea repens, use of 193, 252<br />
Eryngium virginianum, use of. 245<br />
Eryngium yuccifolium, use of_ 76<br />
Ery^ngo plants, use of 245<br />
Ethics, professional, of medicine<br />
men 93-95<br />
EuPATORiUM PURPUREUM, use of 262<br />
Euphorbia hypericifolia, use<br />
of 180, 307<br />
Evergreens, belief concerning. 139<br />
EvoNYMUS americanus, use of- 253<br />
Ey'es, formulas for treatment<br />
of 167,184-186,219<br />
Fainting, formulas for 167,<br />
192, 205, 224<br />
Fasting—<br />
by medicine man 66<br />
by patient 66<br />
efficacy of 83<br />
Fee of medicine man 95-97<br />
Ferns—<br />
medicinal use of 54, 228<br />
symbolism of, in medicinal<br />
use 54,293<br />
Fetter bush, use of 220<br />
Fever, formulas for 167, 200, 243<br />
Fbwkes, J. W., acknowledgment<br />
to XV<br />
Fire— associated with sun 21<br />
association of, with disease. 21<br />
curative properties of 21<br />
prayers offered to 20<br />
profanation of 174<br />
Flax, medicinal use of 243<br />
Flint, place of, in Cherokee<br />
mythology 25<br />
Flowering spurge, use of 180<br />
Flux, formulas for 275-276