34 THE LAPLAND ALPS. 



usual remedy is to prick the part, and ^nck 

 out the blood, which is considered as a 

 speedy and effectual cure. If this method 

 be not adopted, they suppose the blood 

 would rise to the head, and cause cutaneous 

 eruptions there. 



Coughs are of very rare occurrence, not- 

 withstanding the constant practice of drink* 

 ing snow- and ice-water, even after swallow- 

 ing pure grease or fat, which perhaps may 

 prevent its bad consequences. However 

 this may be, the Laplanders seldom die 

 from catching cold. Cases of phthisis^ or 

 consumption, do indeed now and then oc- 

 cur among them, and pleurisies are very 

 common, especially in spring and autumn. 

 Lumbago, or pain in the back, is most pre- 

 valent during the summer. For this, as I 

 have already mentioned, vol. 1. p. 274fy 

 actual cautery, by means of their toule, or 

 rnoxa, is often applied. 



Bleeding at the nose chiefly happens 

 among those Lapland women who are in 

 the service of the colonists, and who, in 



