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Tobacco—
Page
ceremonial use of 151
chewing, medicinal use of. 224,
241, 289, 301
cultivated by Cherokee 91
use of, against witches 31,
32, 74-75
wild, medicinal use of 170,
171, 230, 241, 285
Toothache—
formulas for 167,263
means of preventing 76
See also Dentistry.
Tricks. See Legerdemain.
Trout, speckled, taboo concerning
120
Ts., a medicine man, character-
ized 115
TuiAP TREE, medicinal use of
bark of 286,298
Twins—
as witches 130-131
customs concerning 129-131
Ulmus fulva, use of 119, 244
Urinary diseases, formulas for_ 179,
199, 221, 222, 153, 287, 307, 308
Vapor bath, object of 61
Venus looking-glass, medicinal
use of 239
Veratrum viride—
cultivation of 91
use of 204,220
Verbascum thapsus, use of. _ 216, 255
Veronica officinalis, use of 119, 277
Vetch, medicinal use of 198
ViciA caroliniana, use of 198, 207
Virginia snakeroot, use of 177,
202, 224
Vitis aestivalis, use of 253, 283
ViTis LABRUSCA, use of 253
7548°—32 22
INDEX 319
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Vomiting—
Page
efficacy of 83
to transfer disease 63
W., a medicine man, characterization
of 109-111
Walnuts, taboo concerning 121
Warfare, medicine man in 91
Water, use of, in medicine 57
Watson, Mrs. Allan, acknowledgment
to XV
White oak, medicinal use of.. 244
Whites—
attitude toward 8, 39, 99
attitude toward culture of 107-108
Whooping cough, preventive
used against 76
Wild ginger, use of 209, 252
Willow, white, use of 199
Witchcraft—
as a cause of illness 41
precautions against 31
use of, by medicine man 87-88
Witchcraft diseases, formulas
for 167, 187-188
Witches—
activities of 33
conception of 29-30
diseases caused by 29-33
preparation for profession of _ 30
Worcester, S. A., loss of manu-
script by 1
Worms, formulas for 167,
214, 248-249
Wounds—
formulas for 167,272-273
treatment of 72
Xanthorrhiza apiifolia, use
of 274
Zizia aurea, use of 102