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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

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