﻿ART. 
  10 
  INDIAN 
  MEDICAL 
  EXHIBIT 
  WHITEBREAD 
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  out, 
  because 
  those 
  roots 
  are 
  very 
  tough 
  and 
  hard 
  to 
  break 
  ; 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   idea 
  ball 
  players 
  rub 
  the 
  decoction 
  on 
  their 
  limbs, 
  after 
  scarification. 
  Cat. 
  

   No. 
  143163, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Koncfja 
  (S)idkcroot). 
  — 
  The 
  roots 
  of 
  Polygala 
  senega. 
  Used 
  by 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   Indians 
  as 
  a 
  remedy 
  for 
  the 
  bite 
  of 
  the 
  rattlesnake. 
  Introduced 
  into 
  medicine 
  

   of 
  the 
  whites 
  as 
  a 
  stimulating 
  expectorant 
  and 
  diuretic, 
  useful 
  in 
  pneumonia, 
  

   asthma, 
  and 
  other 
  pulmonary 
  affections. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  50389, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Yellow 
  root. 
  — 
  To 
  hasten 
  childbirth. 
  The 
  doctor, 
  standing 
  by 
  the 
  patient, 
  re- 
  

   peats 
  certain 
  phrases 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  a 
  horrible 
  old 
  man 
  or 
  woman 
  is 
  com- 
  

   ing 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  hurting 
  the 
  child. 
  He 
  then 
  takes 
  some 
  of 
  a 
  decoction 
  

   of 
  yellow 
  root 
  in 
  his 
  mouth, 
  and 
  blows 
  it 
  upon 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  woman's 
  head, 
  

   upon 
  the 
  breast, 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  palm 
  of 
  each 
  hand. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  50525, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  17 
  — 
  Horns 
  

   SURGICAL 
  MEDICINE 
  

  

  The 
  Indians' 
  knowledge 
  of 
  anatomy 
  was, 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  measure, 
  com- 
  

   parative, 
  having 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  an 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  struc- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  higher 
  order 
  of 
  animals 
  killed 
  in 
  the 
  chase 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  

   food. 
  Their 
  skill 
  in 
  curing 
  wounds 
  consisted 
  chiefly 
  of 
  close 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  injured 
  part, 
  and 
  the 
  frequent 
  application 
  of 
  washes 
  

   which 
  kept 
  the 
  wound 
  clean. 
  Some 
  dexterity 
  was 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  

   treatment 
  of 
  fractures 
  and 
  superficial 
  wounds, 
  and 
  the 
  mechanical 
  

   means 
  of 
  curing 
  consisted 
  of 
  bandaging, 
  bonesetting, 
  cauterizing, 
  

   counterirritation, 
  cupping 
  (by 
  sucking), 
  cutting, 
  poulticing, 
  scarify- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  venesection. 
  Splints 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  reeds 
  or 
  the 
  bark 
  of 
  

   trees 
  and 
  fastened 
  to 
  broken 
  bones 
  with 
  bandages 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  pre- 
  

  

  