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found the most fruitful field to cultivate. Interesting specimens of 

 native or old Spanish surgical instruments and appliances may also 

 be discovered. Native drugs are always desired, if accompanied by 

 facts concerning origin, methods of preparation, and uses. It should 

 be. remembered that the value of any museum specimen depends very 

 largely on the amount of information that comes with it. 



Classification for the Division of Medicine of the National Museum 



A. — Magical Medicine: I. Exorcism; 2. Invocation; 3. Incanta-* 

 tion; 4. Amulets; 5. Talismans; 6. Fetiches ("Folk-medicine"). 



B. — Psychical Medicine: 1. " Laying on of hands," "Royal 

 touch " ; 2. Suggestion ; 3. Hypnotism ; 4. Faith-cure. 



C. — External or Physical Medicine: 1. Baths, Massage, Exercise, 

 Electricity; 2. Surgery, including Acupuncture, Cautery, Blood- 

 letting, and Surgical Operations in general. 



D # — Internal or Physiological Medicine: 1. Drugs, illustrated by: 

 a. North American Indian medicine ; b. Egyptian medicine ; c. Greek- 

 medicine; d. Hindu medicine; e. Arabian medicine; /. Oriental 

 medicine ; g. Modern medicine. 



E.— Preventive Medicine: 1. Water; 2. Air; 3. Food; 4. Bever- 

 ages and Condiments; 5. Soils; 6. Habitations, Sewage; 7. Cloth- 

 ing; 8. Climate; 9. Disposal of the dead; 10. Disinfection. 



Theories of Disease 



(1) Disease a malevolent spirit, assuming material form either 

 animate or inanimate, attacking the victim with or without provoca- 

 tion. Primitive. 



(2) Disease a spirit, acting at the suggestion of a human enemy 

 possessing supernatural powers (sorcery, witchcraft, conjury). 

 Savage and half-civilized people. 



(3) Disease caused by the angered spirits of the dead, either men 

 or animals, or even plants. Savage and half -civilized people. 



(4) Disease a punishment inflicted by an offended deity. Ancient ; 

 persistent. 



(5) Disease due to the influence of the planets or other heavenly 

 bodies (astrology). Arabians; persistent in Europe to the 17th cen- 

 tury. 



(6) Disease due to a variation in the relative activity of two con- 

 trolling principles of life, viz. : heat and moisture, or " Yin and 

 Yung," or the male and female principles. Persian, Chinese. 



(7) Disease due to a disturbance in the relative proportions or 



