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As mentioned previously, when a school girl has an attack of hys- 

 teria, other girls run to the patient and press hard into the pit of her 

 stomach and rub her wrists and eyes. 



About Talklai the "slim-wood" medicine (Fouquiera splendens) 

 is called hins-cheh i-zS. Besides making other uses of it, these 

 Apache boil the root and use the hot liquid as a bath for sore limbs, 

 as after a long journey. The root of Jcesh-tsoz i-ze (Fouquiera splen- 

 dens) is also applied, pounded up, to any form of swelling, after the 

 skin over the affected spot has been scarified somewhat with a piece 

 of glass. 



In cases of snake bites or scorpion stings patients suck wounds, 

 spit toward the four cardinal directions, and pray that they may not 

 hurt. This treatment may be given by a friend. 



Opuntia bigelovii is a very pretty and quite rare cactus which 

 grows only on high slopes in a few localities on the reservation. 

 The pith is used in the treatment of sore eyes. It is thrown on 

 live coals and the smoke is allowed to go into the open eyes. 



Muh-be-na-toh C'owl smoke": Castilleia?). The root is used in 

 earache. It is boiled and the decoction, when slightly cooled, is 

 dropped into the ear by means of a cloth. 



In nose bleeding, which is not common in the tribe, the San Carlos 

 Apache take cold water into the nose or apply it with the hand to 

 the forehead ; or they stuff the nostrils with soft material, as a piece 

 of calico or cotton. 



In a persistent toothache the Apache tie a sinew about the bad 

 tooth as near the gum as possible and then pull the tooth out them- 

 selves or with the help of others. 



In fractures they use reduction and apply sticks as splints. 



In one instance sweat baths were ordered by a medicine-man for 

 two children sick with measles. These baths are also taken occa- 

 sionally by the men for rheumatism, or for other maladies when the 

 usual remedies fail. 



In open wounds the Apache use the pounded and dried root of 

 i-ze ha-chi-ne ("black medicine": Balsamorrhiza ?) . 



The cottony part of the root of the me-tci-da-il-tco (Perezia wrightii) 

 is applied locally to sores and small wounds; it is also put around 

 the umbilical cord in the new-born and applied to any sore that may 

 show itself there. There is seldom any trouble with the umbilical 

 cord, but if soreness develops the Apache either use the remedy just 

 mentioned, or powder and apply to the cord a certain root called 

 za-hl-Jca-yi, or i-ze hl-lca-ye. 



The i-ze hi-ne (Cereus greggii) root, dried and powdered, is applied 

 to open wounds and sores. 



The Mescaleros firmly believe in witches. The case of a double 

 murder in the tribe from this cause is mentioned in another place. 



