﻿ART. 
  10 
  

  

  INDIAN 
  MEDICAL 
  EXHIBIT- 
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  to 
  cure 
  baldness. 
  Among 
  the 
  Apache 
  the 
  sacred 
  tule 
  pollen 
  known 
  as 
  ha-dn- 
  

   tin 
  is 
  given 
  or 
  applied 
  because 
  of 
  its 
  supposed 
  supernatural 
  benefic'al 
  effect. 
  

   Other 
  plants 
  are 
  employed 
  as 
  remedies 
  simply 
  for 
  traditional 
  reasons, 
  without 
  

   any 
  formulated 
  opinion 
  as 
  to 
  their 
  modes 
  of 
  action. 
  Finally, 
  all 
  the 
  tribes 
  

   are 
  familiar 
  with 
  and 
  employ 
  cathartics 
  and 
  emetics 
  : 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  also 
  

   diaphoretics, 
  diuretics, 
  cough 
  medicines, 
  etc. 
  Every 
  tribe 
  has 
  also 
  knowledge 
  

   of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  poisonous 
  plants 
  in 
  its 
  neighborhood 
  and 
  their 
  antidotes. 
  

  

  The 
  parts 
  of 
  plants 
  used 
  as 
  medicines 
  are 
  most 
  often 
  roots, 
  occasionally 
  

   tw.'gs, 
  leaves, 
  or 
  bark, 
  but 
  rarely 
  flowers 
  or 
  seeds. 
  They 
  are 
  used 
  either 
  fresh 
  

   or 
  dry, 
  and 
  most 
  commonly 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  decoction. 
  Of 
  this 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   quantity, 
  as 
  much 
  as 
  a 
  cupful, 
  is 
  administered 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  usually 
  in 
  the 
  morn- 
  

   ing. 
  Only 
  exceptionally 
  is 
  the 
  dose 
  repeated. 
  Generally 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  plant 
  is 
  

   used, 
  but 
  among 
  some 
  Indians 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  four 
  plants 
  are 
  combined 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   medic 
  ne 
  ; 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Opata 
  mix 
  indiscriminately 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  sub- 
  

  

  Fig. 
  14.— 
  Mepicixe 
  bowl 
  

  

  stances. 
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  Some 
  of 
  the 
  plants, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  known, 
  possess 
  real 
  

   medicinal 
  value, 
  but 
  many 
  are 
  quite 
  useless 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  they 
  

   are 
  prescribed. 
  

  

  Animal 
  and 
  mineral 
  substances 
  are 
  also 
  occasionally 
  used 
  as 
  remedies. 
  

   Among 
  Southwestern 
  tribes 
  the 
  bite 
  of 
  a 
  snake 
  is 
  often 
  treated 
  by 
  applying 
  

   to 
  the 
  wound 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  snake. 
  

   The 
  Papago 
  use 
  crickets 
  as 
  medicine 
  : 
  the 
  Tarahumare, 
  lizards 
  ; 
  the 
  Apache, 
  

   spider's 
  eggs. 
  Among 
  the 
  Navaho 
  and 
  others 
  red 
  ocher 
  combined 
  with 
  fat 
  

   is 
  used 
  externally 
  to 
  prevent 
  sunburn. 
  The 
  red. 
  barren 
  clay 
  from 
  beneath 
  a 
  

   campfire 
  is 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  White 
  Mountain 
  Apache 
  women 
  to 
  induce 
  sterility 
  : 
  

   the 
  Hopi 
  blow 
  charcoal, 
  ashes, 
  or 
  other 
  products 
  of 
  tire 
  on 
  an 
  inflamed 
  

   surface 
  to 
  counteract 
  the 
  supposed 
  fire 
  which 
  causes 
  the 
  ailment. 
  Antiseptics 
  

   are 
  unknown, 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  cleansing 
  agents 
  or 
  healing 
  powders 
  employed 
  

   probably 
  serve 
  as 
  such, 
  though 
  undesignedly 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

  

  