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limbs well covered, the object being to induce profuse perspiration. 

 The woman stood the treatment well and got better, though not 

 quite well. 



In toothache a young branch of the shir-lco-M (Covillea tridentata) 

 is sharpened to a point and heated in the fire. The point is then 

 inserted into the cavity of the diseased tooth. This remedy is said 

 to stop the pain, although it may have to be applied more than 

 once. In one case of toothache in a Pima man a sinew was tied 

 to the sore tooth, close to the gum, and the other end was fastened 

 above the knee of the patient, who was sitting on a stool; then the 

 one who invented the device, turning around the patient, pricked 

 him suddenly beneath the thigh, causing a reflex jerk by means of 

 which the tooth was pulled out. 



When a bone is broken the medicine-man claims to introduce 

 cotton or some other sul)stance to fill cavities caused by the fracture. 

 This is accomplished by the medicine-man swallowing, or pretending 

 to swallow, the substance used, after which it passes in some myste- 

 rious way fi'om him to the patient. Splints and bandaging are also 

 employed. The splints are generally made from the flat, elastic ribs 

 of the saguaro (Cereus giganteus) . 



The Maricopa also have numerous native remedies. Owing to 

 the marriage of some Pima women into the tribe, they also use 

 certain remedies, as the canaigre and wdvish, etc., in vogue among 

 the Pima. 



The powdered fruit of the tat cactus, mixed with a very small 

 quantity of ground wheat, is considered an efi"ectual medicine for 

 diarrhea. 



The greasewood (Covillea tridentata), known by the Maricopa as 

 iv-sesh, is used in disorders of the stomach. They boil the branches 

 for about half an hour and drink the tea, which is made rather 

 weak, in quantities of from half a cup to a whole cup at a time. 

 Nothing is added to it. 



X^td-cliddi C'reed lay down") is a bush with fragrant yellow 

 blossoms. The blossoms are gathered, dried, and boiled; the hot 

 tea is drunk for colds. It has a good flavor and "often helps;" it is 

 used at times in headache. 



In constipation the Maricopa occasionally use the juice of a little 

 plant known as Jcu-fir, which is of a milky consistency. The 

 patient chews up some of the stalks and swallows the juice, which 

 acts as a violent purgative, making a man sick for half a day. In 

 headache a band is tied about the head and the patient eats less 

 than usual until the aching ceases. 



T\e mesquite juice is dried, ground fine, and is then used as a rem- 

 edy for sore eyes by applying the powder to the lids (not to the eye 

 itself) ; after sometime it is washed ofi^ with warm water. 



