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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  vol. 
  67 
  

  

  makes 
  invocation 
  to 
  the 
  indwelling 
  spirit 
  of 
  this 
  image 
  for 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  

   pursuit 
  of 
  game, 
  and 
  for 
  protection 
  against 
  injury 
  ( 
  riy. 
  lib). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  12S669, 
  

   U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Indian 
  fetich. 
  — 
  A 
  beaver's 
  tooth 
  suspended 
  by 
  n 
  deerskin 
  strap, 
  the 
  lower 
  

   pari 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  ornamented 
  with 
  minute 
  heads 
  of 
  various 
  colors. 
  Like 
  other 
  

   fetiches, 
  this 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  cause 
  or 
  cure 
  disease. 
  The 
  medicine 
  man 
  often 
  pre- 
  

   tends 
  to 
  extract 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  teeth 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  sick 
  man. 
  thus 
  cur- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  disease 
  by 
  removing 
  the 
  cause 
  (fig. 
  lie). 
  Oaf. 
  No. 
  143489 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  Transference 
  of 
  disease. 
  — 
  The 
  medicine 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  treated 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  suction. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  medicine 
  men 
  

   were 
  believed 
  to 
  have 
  gods 
  in 
  their 
  bodies 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  lizards. 
  

   frogs, 
  leeches, 
  tortoises, 
  snakes, 
  etc.. 
  which 
  served 
  as 
  suction 
  pumps 
  

   in 
  extracting 
  disease. 
  When 
  an 
  Indian 
  doctor 
  was 
  to 
  operate 
  upon 
  

   a 
  suffering 
  patient, 
  he 
  placed 
  the 
  sufferer 
  upon 
  a 
  blanket 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  ground 
  with 
  the 
  body 
  almost 
  naked. 
  After 
  chants, 
  prayers, 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  rattle, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  ceremonies, 
  the 
  doctor 
  got 
  down 
  

   on 
  his 
  knees 
  and 
  applied 
  suction 
  to 
  the 
  affected 
  part. 
  After 
  sucking 
  

   thus 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  time, 
  the 
  doctor 
  would 
  arise 
  to 
  his 
  feet 
  in 
  

   apparent 
  agony, 
  groaning, 
  pounding 
  his 
  sides, 
  writhing, 
  and 
  holding 
  

   a 
  dish 
  of 
  water 
  to 
  his 
  mouth, 
  he 
  proceeded 
  with 
  a 
  singsong 
  bubbling 
  

   to 
  deposit 
  in 
  the 
  dish 
  the 
  disease 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  drawn 
  from 
  the 
  

   sick 
  person 
  (lias. 
  | 
  and 
  L2). 
  

  

  Bone 
  tube. 
  — 
  An 
  instrument 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  medicine 
  man. 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  

   he 
  sucked 
  old 
  with 
  his 
  mouth 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  disease 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  

   patient. 
  The 
  doctor 
  pretended 
  to 
  swallow 
  the 
  hone 
  tube, 
  and 
  after 
  a 
  lime 
  to 
  

   vomit 
  it 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  poison 
  Of 
  the 
  disease 
  (figs. 
  4 
  and 
  L2). 
  Cat. 
  No. 
  

   1 
  U167, 
  U.S.N.M. 
  

  

  