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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OK 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  vol. 
  G7 
  

  

  Ity 
  some 
  imaginary 
  relation 
  between 
  the 
  physical 
  qualities 
  of 
  the 
  

   drug 
  and 
  the 
  symptoms 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  than 
  by 
  proof 
  of 
  its 
  efficacy. 
  

   The 
  knowledge 
  possessed 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  concerning 
  plants 
  and 
  their 
  

   therapeutic 
  uses 
  was 
  superficial, 
  and 
  the 
  popular 
  impression 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  medical 
  skill 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  doctor 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  is 
  erroneous. 
  

   The 
  following 
  concerning 
  animal, 
  mineral, 
  and 
  vegetable 
  drugs 
  

  

  Fig. 
  13. 
  — 
  Maidenhair 
  fern 
  

  

  used 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology's 
  

   Bulletin 
  30, 
  Handbook 
  of 
  American 
  Indians: 
  

  

  Vegetal 
  medicines 
  were, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  tribes 
  still 
  are. 
  numerous. 
  Some 
  of 
  

   these 
  are 
  employed 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  a 
  real 
  or 
  fancied 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  part 
  

   affected, 
  or 
  as 
  fetiches, 
  because 
  of 
  a 
  supposed 
  mythical 
  antagonism 
  to 
  the 
  

   cause 
  of 
  the 
  sickness. 
  Thus, 
  a 
  plant 
  with 
  a 
  wormlike 
  stem 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  as 
  

   a 
  vermifuge; 
  thai 
  has 
  many 
  hairlike 
  processes 
  is 
  used 
  among 
  the 
  Hopi 
  

  

  