"■■" 'I IIKALIXO. 42;] 



tlie part am-ctcd. 



We know (if one case wlicir a suri'crcr IViiiii suiric li\cr <-iiiii|ilaiiil liail 

 inflicted on liiiiiscli; ,>y had had inlliftcd ii|„,n him. ciuitc a considnaldc 

 Cllt on the vi.uhr sich' with a \ie\\ of i'elic\ in- llic pain. W'c also knou 



of several cases where tlie patients liad (hernselves c Ilic seal]. <ir 



back to relieve hea<hiche ,,i- rhenmatisni. and .aic case « here Ih,' hiller 

 disorder. I l.eli.'\-e. Iiad lieen Ireateil hy a sexcre cnl on Ihe sid.' ol' the 

 knee. .\ siniihir i.ra<-tice has been oliserved at \'h>vry l;a\ . Silx-ria. hy 

 Hooper,' wlio also mentions the use ,.f a^ kind ..f seton for th.' reli.^l' of 

 headache. 



They als., prai-tice a sort of ron-h-and-ready siiriicry. as in llie case 

 of the man already mentioned, whose feet had liotli heen ampulaled. 



cartridge was left with a stump of hone protrndini; at the cn<i of the 

 fluger. Our surgeon attempted to treat tliis. bnt alter two nnsnccessfnl 

 trials to etheri/e tlie ])atient he was ol)liyed to i;ive it np. When, how 

 ever, the yonn.i; man's fathei' in law. who was a noted '-doctor." came 

 home he said at om-e that tlic stitmp mnst come off. and the patient 

 had to submit to the oi)eratioii without ether. The ■■doctor" tried to 

 borrow Dr. Oldmi.xon's bone fbrce]>s, and when these were reluseil jiini 

 cut the bone off, I believe, with a chisel. They api>ear to liave no cure 

 for blindness. We Inward nothin.u' "f the enrions process ot' •■coucliinji" 



described by Egede in (ireenland. p. ll'l. We had i pportnnity of 



observing their nn'thods of treating wounds oi' otlier external injuries. 

 Snif.'rers were vci-y glad to he treated ]>y onr snrgeon. and eagerly ac- 

 cepted his medicines, though In- had considerahle diflicult\ in making 

 them obey his diivctions ab.mt taking care of themselves. 



.\fter tiu-y had been in the habit of receiving the surgeon's medicine 

 for s(nnetime. oneof the t/tkia vwiiT natives gave Oapt. Ilerendeen what 

 he said was their own niedicim'. It is a tiny hit of turf whi<-h they 

 called nntia klibmihi. and which, therefore. |irohahly came from the high- 

 land of the upper Meade bivei', which region bears the name of 

 Kiiimr.hp We wei'c able to get Very little inforiiKition ahoul this sub- 

 slam-e, hut my impression is that it was said to be ailministercd in- 

 ternally, ami 1 helies-e was specially recommended for bleeding at the 

 lungs. I'ossihh this is the same as ■•the black moss that growsoii the 

 moitntain." which, according to ('rant/.-' was eaten by the Greenlanders 

 to stop lilood-spittiiig. 



CISI'OMS CdNClOKNTNc; TIIK DKAl). 



.1/m^»7/oh.v.— From the fact that we did not hear of any of the deaths 

 until after their oceurreuce, we were able to learn very few of their 



