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  drugs. 
  Figure 
  6 
  pictures 
  the 
  doctor, 
  seated 
  by 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  sick 
  

   man, 
  shaking 
  a 
  rattle 
  and 
  invoking 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  friendly 
  spirits 
  

   to 
  drive 
  out 
  the 
  malicious 
  spirits 
  which 
  are 
  causing 
  the 
  sickness. 
  A 
  

   bowl 
  of 
  medicine 
  (fig. 
  14) 
  is 
  at 
  hand 
  which 
  the 
  doctor 
  usually 
  

   sprinkles 
  or 
  blows 
  upon 
  the 
  patient 
  in 
  the 
  intervals 
  of 
  the 
  invoca- 
  

   tions. 
  

  

  ORIGIN 
  OF 
  DISEASE 
  AND 
  MEDICINE 
  

  

  The 
  Indians 
  believed 
  that 
  disease 
  was 
  not 
  natural, 
  but 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  

   the 
  evil 
  influence 
  of 
  animal 
  spirits, 
  ghosts, 
  witches, 
  etc., 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  

   absence 
  of 
  the 
  soul. 
  Some 
  tribes 
  believed 
  in 
  several 
  souls, 
  the 
  loss 
  

   of 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  caused 
  partial 
  loss 
  of 
  life, 
  that 
  is, 
  sickness, 
  while 
  the 
  

   loss 
  of 
  all, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  one, 
  entailed 
  death. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  — 
  Heisisalist 
  doctok 
  pkei'Akino 
  medicine 
  

  

  Mooney 
  in 
  his 
  Sacred 
  Formulas 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokees 
  gives 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  interesting 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  particular 
  tribe's 
  belief 
  concerning 
  

   the 
  origin 
  of 
  disease 
  and 
  medicine 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  old 
  days 
  quadrupeds, 
  birds, 
  fishes, 
  and 
  insects 
  could 
  all 
  talk, 
  and 
  

   they 
  and 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  lived 
  together 
  in 
  peace 
  and 
  friendship. 
  But 
  as 
  time 
  

   went 
  en 
  the 
  people 
  increased 
  so 
  rapidly 
  that 
  their 
  settlements 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  

   whole 
  earth 
  and 
  the 
  poor 
  animals 
  found 
  themselves 
  beginning 
  to 
  he 
  cramped 
  

   for 
  room. 
  This 
  was 
  had 
  enough, 
  hut 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  their 
  misfortunes 
  man 
  invented 
  

   bows, 
  knives, 
  blowguns, 
  spears, 
  and 
  hooks, 
  and 
  began 
  to 
  slaughter 
  the 
  larger 
  

   animals, 
  hirds. 
  and 
  tishes 
  for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  their 
  tiesh 
  or 
  their 
  skins, 
  while 
  the 
  

   smaller 
  creatures, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  frogs 
  and 
  worms, 
  were 
  crushed 
  and 
  trodden 
  upon 
  

   without 
  mercy, 
  out 
  of 
  pure 
  carelessness 
  or 
  contempt. 
  In 
  this 
  state 
  of 
  affairs 
  

   the 
  animals 
  resolved 
  to 
  consult 
  upon 
  measures 
  for 
  their 
  common 
  safety. 
  

  

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