CHAPTER II. 



PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 



664. Already, in Chapter II of the preceding part, 

 have been given illustrations of the general truth that in 

 rude tribes it is difficult to distinguish between the priest 

 and the medicine-man. Their respective functions are com 

 monly fulfilled by the same person. In addition to the in 

 stances there given, here are some others. 



According to Humboldt, &quot; the Caribbee marirris are at 

 once priests, jugglers, and physicians.&quot; Among the Tupis 

 &quot; the Payes, as they were called, were at once quacks, jug 

 glers, and priests.&quot; Passing from South America to North, 

 we read that the &quot; Carriers know little of medicinal herbs. 

 Their priest or magician is also the doctor; &quot; and, of the 

 Dakotahs, Schooler aft says &quot; The priest is both prophet 

 and doctor.&quot; In Asia we meet with a kindred connexion. 

 In Southern India, the Kurumbas act as doctors to the Ba- 

 dagas, and it is said of them &quot; The Kurumbas also officiate 

 as priests at their marriages and deaths.&quot; So is it among 

 peoples further north. &quot; Native doctors swarm in Mongolia 

 . . . They are mostly lamas. There are a few laymen who 

 add medical practice to their other occupations, but the 

 great majority of doctors are priests.&quot; It is the same on 

 the other great continent. Reade tells us that in Equatorial 

 Africa the fetich-man is doctor, priest, and witch-finder; 

 and concerning the Joloifs and Eggarahs, verifying state 

 ments are made by Mollien and by Allen and Thomson. 



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