472 MEDICINE-MEN OF THE APACHE. 



The medicine-men of the Floridians, according to Vaca, sucked and 

 blew on the patient, and put hot stones on his abdomen to take away 

 pain; they also scarified, and they seemed to have used moxas. &quot;Us 

 cauterisent aiissi avec le feu.&quot; 



The medicine-men of His])aniola cured by suction, and when they had 

 extracted a stone, or other alleged cause of sickness it was preserved 

 as a sacred relic, especially by the women, who looked upon it as 

 of great aid in parturition. 2 Venegas speaks of a tube called the 

 &quot; chacuaco,&quot; formed out of a very hard black stone, used by the medi 

 cine-men of California in sucking such parts of the patient s body as 

 were grievously afflicted with pains. In these tubes they sometimes 

 placed lighted tobacco and blew down upon the part affected after the 

 manner of a moxa, I suppose. 3 



The men of I anueo were so addicted to drunkenness that we are 

 told: &quot;Lorsqu ils sont fatigues de boire leur vin par la bouche, ils se 

 eouchent, eleven t, les jambes en Pair, et s en font introduire dans le 

 fondementau moyen d une canule, taut que le corps pent en contenir.&quot; 4 

 The administration of wine in this manner may have been as a medi 

 cine, and the Aztecs of Pauuco may have known that nutriment could 

 be assimilated in this way. It shows at least that the Aztecs were 

 acquainted with enemata. 



&quot; Quaudo la eufermedad les pareeia que tenia necesidad de evacua- 

 cion, usaban del aiuda o clister [clyster], con cocimieutos de lervas, i 

 polvos, en Agua, i tomandola en la boca, con vn cafiuto de Iiueso de 

 pierna de Garca, la hechaban, i obraba copiosamente: i en esto pudo 

 estaGente ser industriada de la Cigueiia, que con su largo pico se cura, 

 como escriven los Naturales.&quot; 5 Smith says that the medicine-men of 

 the Araucanians &quot; are well acquainted with the proper use of emetics, 

 cathartics, and sudoriflcs. For the purpose of injection they make 

 use of a bladder, as is still commonly practiced among the Chilenos.&quot; 6 

 Oviedo says of the medicine-men: &quot;Coiiocian muchas hiervas de que 

 usaban y eran apropiadas a diversas enfermedades.&quot; 7 One of the most 

 euriouK remedies presented in Bancroft s first volume is the use of a 

 poultice of mashed poison-ivy leaves as a remedy for ringworm by the 

 Indians of Lower California. 



The Indians of Topia (in the Sierra Madre, near Sinaloa), were in the 

 habit of scarifying their tired legs and aching temples.&quot; The Arawaks, 

 of Guiana, also scarified, according to Spencer. 9 The inhabitants of 



1 Ternaux-Compans. vol. 7. pp. 114, 115. 

 Notes from Goniara, Hist, de las India.- ] 



3 History of California, vol. 1, p. 97 



4 Ternaux-Compans, vol. 10, p. 85. 



Hen-era, dec. 4, lib. 9, cap. 8. p. 188. 



6 Smith, Arancanians, p. 234. 



7 Bancroft, Native Eaces, vol. 1, p. 779. 



8 AlORro, Historia (le la Compauia de Jesus en Nueva-Espana. vol. 1. p. 401. 

 Dcsc. Sociology. 



