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Detailed description of one of the great Navaho ceremonies practised by the medi- 

 cine-men primarily for the cure of disease. 



Matthews, and J. L. Wortman. Hiiman bones of the Hemenway collection in the 

 U. S. Army Medical Museum. Mem. Nat. Acad, of Sciences, Wash., 1893, vi. 

 Includes (pp. 170-173) observations on pathology and (pp. 173-179) discussion of 

 occipital flattening. 



Mays, T. J. An experimental inquiry into tli<e chest movements of the Indian female. 

 Therapeut. Gaz., Detroit, 1887, xi, 297-299. 

 Tests on 82 Indian girls. A decided abdominal type of breathing the rule in full- 

 bloods- unused to restraining clothing. 



Medical knowledge of the Indian. The Indian as a physician. Schoolcraft's 

 Arch., Phila., 1855, v, 445-446. 

 A note on the distinct varieties of healers. 

 Meek, E. G. Physical condition of the aborigines, with an account of their practice 

 of medicine. Illinois and Ind. Med. and Surg. Jour., Chicago and Indianapolis, 

 1878, n. s., II, 310-318. 

 Choctaw: Diseases, medicme-men, treatment, surgery, snake bites, parturition, 

 attentions to the child, muscular strength and endurance, suicide. 

 Moody, C. S. 01>stetric customs of Northwest Indians. Alkaloid. Clin., Chicago, 

 1897, IV, 560-62. 

 Describes conduct of labor and first attention to the child among the Nez Perces. 

 Mooney, James. The sacred formulas of the Cherokees. 7th Rep. B. A. E., 1885-6, 

 301-397, Wash., 1891. 

 Formulas, largely medicinal, of the shamans of the tribe, notions of disease, reme- 

 dies, curative practices, sweat bath. A detailed study. 



Cherokee theory and practice of medicine. Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, Cambridge, 



1890, III, 44-50. 

 Indian knowledge of food and medicinal plants, notions of disease and of remedies, 

 manner of choosing and employing remedies, dietary and other treatment of the sick, 

 tabus, preventive means, names of diseases, medicine-men. A brief but valuable 

 contribution. 



Morgan, L. H. Houses and house life of the American aborigines. Cont. North 

 Amer. Ethnol., Wash., 1881, iv, 1-281. 

 Detailed study of native dwellings, particularly those of the Pueblos. 

 MoRiCE, A. G. Notes ... on the western Denes. Trans. Canad. Inst., Toronto, 

 1894, IV, pt. 1, 1-222. 

 Pages 127-132 contain an account of esculent and medicinal plants and manner of 

 using them. 



Dene Surgery. Ibid., 1900-1, vn, 15-27. 



Notion of disease, bleeding, cautery, vesication, bonesetting, sutures, hernia (none), 

 gynecological manipulations, parturition and plants used in, sweat bath, operations 

 on the eyes. 



Morris, J. Ch. Relation of the pentagonal dodecahedron found near Marietta, Ohio, 

 to shamanism; and Frank Hamilton Cushing. Discussion and remarks on 

 shamanism. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, Phila., 1897, xxxvi, no. 155. 

 One paper. Philosophy of shamanism. Cushing's remarks relate to the Zuiii. 

 MuNiz, M. A., and W J McGee. Primitive trephining in Peru. 16th Rep. B. A. E., 

 1894-5, 3-72, Wash., 1897. 

 Detailed description of numerous trephined crania of the ancient Peruvians, with 

 discussion on methods and purposes of the operation. 



