TKANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE, 



1904. 



I.— M ISCELLANEOUS 



Art. I. — Maori Medical Lore : Notes on the Causes of Disease 

 and Treatment of the Sick among the Maori People of 

 New Zealand, as believed and practised in Former Times, 

 together with some Account of Various Ancient Rites- 

 connected with the Same. 



By W. H. Goldie, M.D. 



[Bead before the Auckland Institute, 7th September, 1903.] 



With a preliminary note by Elsdon Best. 



(Having collected a considerable amount of notes on the 

 subject of disease among the Maori people and its treatment, 

 I bethought me of placing such notes in the hands of some 

 qualified person for compilation, with a view to publishing 

 the same. Hence it was that I handed over all such notes 

 to Dr. W. H. Goldie, of Auckland, who proceeded to add to 

 them his own collection, culled from many works on New 

 Zealand, Australia, Polynesia, &c. Unfortunately, before 

 the compiler had completed his task he was compelled by 

 ill-health to give up all work, professional and otherwise. 

 He therefore forwarded to me the MS. of his paper, in so far 

 as he had completed it, with a request that I would prepare 

 the same for laying before the Institute, adding that only 

 about two-thirds of the paper had been written when he was 

 compelled to cease work. He writes me, "The bulk of the 

 paper is really yours, but rearranged by me. The section on 

 drugs is, unfortunately, quite unfinished. I have copious 

 notes on pharmacy, poisons, &c, which I am unable to com- 

 pile." Eegarding the information contained in the following 

 paper, the original matter is my own, having been collected 

 by me from members of the Tuhoe Tribe of Maoris of New 



1— Trans. 



