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salt is added, and the mixture is then given to the patient to drink. 

 He has to take this remedy three times, always at mealtime, and 

 he gets notliing or at most very little to eat. 



In chronic indigestion the wliite inner bark of the mesquite is 

 secured, pounded as fine as possible and boiled, salt being added to 

 the decoction ; the sick person takes a dose of it early every morning, 

 before breakfast. It tastes bitter and salty. 



A little Papago child was met who had on each temple what 

 resembled a plaster. It was explained that tliis was put on as* a 

 remedy for headache. It is made from ordinary flour alone, and is 

 supposed to "stop the air from going in through the temples." 



The greasewood (sho-sJio-go-i: Covillea tridentata) is used as a 

 remedy for contusions. The women boil the leaves, add consider- 

 able salt, and wash the contused part with the decoction while still hot. 



Powdered root of the se-wi-dje (canaigre: Rumex hymenosepalus) 

 is put on sores, especially on sore lips. The juice of the mesquite 

 tree is a remedy for sore eyes. The Papago boil this juice and put 

 some of it at ordinary temperature into the eye. They also use this 

 for soreness of the eyelids. 



In earache the San Xavier people boil a hen's egg quite hard; a- 

 small hole is made at one end and covered with a rag, and the egg is 

 then applied to the sore ear. 



The cricket, dried and ground up, is taken internally as a remedy 

 for dysuria; it is also given for the same complaint to horses. 



The Papago, like the Cora in Tepic, employ the flesh of the rattle- 

 snake in consumption. They kill a rattlesnake, dry the flesh, and 

 use it as powder, a small quantity of which is put into the patient's 

 food while it is cooking and without his knowledge. They believe 

 it sometimes cures the sickness. 



The peyote is'^eaten in small quantities by the Papago, but its use 

 is probably not entirely medicinal. The root of the wd-wish is used 

 in colds. They break it up, boil it, and drink some of the decoction 

 hot. It makes them sweat. After drinldng the tea they cover up 

 and remain indoors. A strong decoction of the root is also used as 

 a wash in case of scorpion bites. Women drink some of the hot tea 

 in painful menstruation. 



A-a-li gu-gu-li ("big children") is a plant the root of which is used 

 by the Papago in fever. The root is broken up into little pieces, 

 boiled, and the tea drunk a small quantity at a time. The root is 

 also used in toothache. For this purpose it is ground up fine, mixed 

 with some fat, and put into the cavity of the tooth. It is further 

 used in neuralgic pains, when a mixture similar to that for toothache 

 is applied externally to the painful part. 



In snake bite, the snake is killed, torn open, and a part from the 

 inside of it spoken of as "fat" or "blood" is applied to the wound. 

 Sucking is also employed by some. 



