White] THE PUEBLO OF SIA, NEW MEXICO 285 
“The best way to treat a mad [rabid] dog is to open a small vein 
and bleed him; dip him in the river until he quiets down. Or shoot 
him.” 
There is a great deal of lore and technique of this sort at Sia. The 
degree of uniformity of belief and practice in this area was not ascer- 
tained. The characteristics of this category of ailment-and-treatment 
are: (1) anyone may have the knowledge and use the techniques; and 
(2) the practice is nonritualistic in nature; that is, one proceeds as if 
the therapeutic values were inherent in the medicines and techniques 
employed. In short, it is folk medicine as distinguished from the 
professional practices of medicinemen. 
STERILITY 
This must be treated by a medicine man, or medicine society, as 
we have already seen (“Conception by Magic,’ p. 199). 
WOUNDS IN WARFARE 
Wounds in warfare must be treated professionally. Even intimate 
contact with a slain enemy places a man in ‘‘a dangerous condition” 
from which he can be extricated only by the performance of a cere- 
mony, as we have seen (p. 259). Wounds from arrows or firearms 
were treated by the Flint society (which, among the Keres, is closely 
associated with warfare and with scalps; see White, 1942 a, p. 305, 
for references to comparative data). 
LIGHTNING SHOCK 
Lightning shock, also, must be treated professionally, and it is the 
Flint society that officiates. At Acoma (White, 1932 a, p. 107) and 
at Laguna (Parsons, 1918, n. 2, p. 108; Boas, 1928, pp. 290-291), 
lightning shock was treated by special shiwana (‘‘cloud people,’ as 
Stevenson called them) tcaiyanyi (medicinemen). 
SNAKE BITE 
Snake bite must be treated by doctors of the Snake society (see p.158). 
“People who have been wounded in war, struck by lightning, or 
bitten by a snake should not be seen by anyone except medicinemen 
for four days” after the event. 
BURNS 
Burns are treated by the Fire society. 
ANTS 
Ants may cause illness, usually sore throat or body sores: ‘‘I was 
very ill with smallpox caused by angry ants,”’ an informant told Mrs. 
