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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  VOL. 
  67 
  

  

  tion 
  of 
  medicine 
  to 
  strengthen 
  the 
  muscles 
  preparatory 
  to 
  ball 
  games. 
  The 
  

   scratches 
  were 
  usually 
  made 
  in 
  certain 
  set 
  figures 
  (fig. 
  19). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  141166, 
  

   U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Cupping, 
  or 
  local 
  bleeding, 
  was 
  performed 
  after 
  scarification 
  

   with 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  flint. 
  A 
  horn, 
  cleaned 
  and 
  perforated 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  

   was 
  used 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  The 
  mouth 
  was 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  

   tip 
  of 
  the 
  horn 
  and 
  a 
  vacuum 
  formed 
  by 
  suction. 
  The 
  Indians 
  

   cupped 
  very 
  satisfactorily 
  with 
  this 
  simple 
  contrivance, 
  and 
  this 
  

   remedy 
  was 
  resorted 
  to 
  for 
  acute 
  pain 
  in 
  almost 
  any 
  part 
  to 
  which 
  

   the 
  horn 
  could 
  be 
  applied. 
  Whatever 
  benefit 
  there 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   from 
  cupping, 
  the 
  Indians 
  probably 
  thought 
  its 
  virtue 
  consisted 
  

   in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  a 
  malevolent 
  spirit 
  or 
  foreign 
  body 
  was 
  thereby 
  

   drawn 
  out. 
  

  

  Moxa. 
  — 
  A 
  form 
  of 
  cautery 
  usually 
  consisting 
  of 
  combustible 
  vegetable 
  fiber 
  

   which 
  is 
  burned 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  skin 
  as 
  a 
  counterirritant. 
  The 
  specimens 
  

   pictured 
  in 
  figure 
  20 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Klamath 
  Indians. 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  141441, 
  

   U.S.N.M. 
  

  

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