134 HUNTING WITH THE ESKIMOS 



as a token of respect and friendship by the people. 



The morning after my birthday though we had 

 no daylight we divided the twenty-four hours into 

 night and day periods while I was at breakfast an 

 Eskimo woman crying and much excited rushed into 

 the shack and begged me to go with her at once. I 

 put on warm clothes and following her was conducted 

 to Kulutinguah's igloo. Here I found Kulutin- 

 guah's boy, a youngster nine years of age whom I 

 had nicknamed "Tommy," apparently suffocating. 

 He could draw his breath only with painful effort, 

 and the people believed he was dying. After listen- 

 ing to his lungs, I decided that the trouble was in 

 his throat, administered a teaspoonful of vaseline, 

 rubbed his throat well with strong liniment the only 

 available remedies and had him wrapped in one of 

 my old flannel shirts; he responded at once to this 

 treatment, and his mother, Tongwe, expressed deep 

 appreciation of my efforts. When, several hours 

 later, I returned with the liniment to apply it again, 

 Tommy was much better, and protested vigorously 

 against the liniment. Its strong, pungent odor made 

 the Eskimos sick. This was a smell to which they 

 were unaccustomed and I have no doubt was as of- 

 fensive to them as the terrible odor of their igloos 

 was to me. A few days of this treatment brought 

 Tommy through his illness, and I won an enviable 

 reputation as a great and wonderful physician. I 

 had already established my position as a skilful 

 surgeon. 



One morning I awoke, to find the back of the stove 



