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  BLEEDING, 
  RUBBING, 
  BATHING. 
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  instrument 
  is 
  drawn 
  across 
  the 
  breast 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  shoulders 
  so 
  as 
  

   to 
  form 
  a 
  cross; 
  another 
  curving 
  stroke 
  is 
  made 
  to 
  connect 
  the 
  two 
  

   upper 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  cross, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  pattern 
  is 
  repeated 
  on 
  the 
  

   hack, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  thus 
  gashed 
  in 
  nearly 
  three 
  hundred 
  places. 
  

   Although 
  very 
  painful 
  for 
  a 
  while, 
  as 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  supposed, 
  the 
  

   scratches 
  do 
  not 
  penetrate 
  deep 
  enough 
  to 
  result 
  seriously, 
  except- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  where 
  erysipelas 
  sets 
  in. 
  While 
  the 
  blood 
  is 
  still 
  

   flowing 
  freely 
  the 
  medicine, 
  which 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  toughen 
  

   the 
  muscles 
  of 
  the 
  player, 
  is 
  rubbed 
  into 
  the 
  wounds 
  after 
  which 
  

   the 
  sufferer 
  plunges 
  into 
  the 
  stream 
  and 
  washes 
  off 
  the 
  blood. 
  In 
  

   order 
  that 
  the 
  blood 
  may 
  flow 
  the 
  longer 
  without 
  clotting 
  it 
  is 
  

   frequently 
  scraped 
  off 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  switch 
  as 
  it 
  flows. 
  In 
  rheuma- 
  

   tism 
  and 
  other 
  local 
  diseases 
  the 
  scratching 
  is 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  part 
  

   affected. 
  The 
  instrument 
  used 
  is 
  selected 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  

   mythologic 
  theory, 
  excepting 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  piece 
  of 
  glass, 
  which 
  

   is 
  merely 
  a 
  modern 
  makeshift 
  for 
  the 
  flint 
  arrowhead. 
  

  

  Rubbing, 
  used 
  commonly 
  for 
  pains 
  and 
  swellings 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  

   is 
  a 
  very 
  simple 
  operation 
  performed 
  with 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  finger 
  or 
  

   the 
  palm 
  of 
  the 
  hand, 
  and 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  dignified 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   massage. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Gahuni 
  formulas 
  for 
  treating 
  snake 
  bites 
  

   (page 
  351) 
  the 
  operator 
  is 
  told 
  to 
  rub 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  contrary 
  to 
  that 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  snake 
  coils 
  itself, 
  because 
  " 
  this 
  is 
  just 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   uncoiling 
  it." 
  Blowing 
  upon 
  the 
  part 
  affected, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  upon 
  the 
  

   head, 
  hands, 
  and 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  is 
  also 
  an 
  important 
  

   feature 
  of 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  performance. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  formulas 
  it 
  

   is 
  specified 
  that 
  the 
  doctor 
  must 
  blow 
  first 
  upon 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  of 
  

   the 
  patient, 
  then 
  upon 
  the 
  left 
  foot, 
  then 
  upon 
  the 
  left 
  hand, 
  and 
  

   finally 
  upon 
  the 
  right 
  foot, 
  thus 
  making 
  an 
  imaginary 
  cross. 
  

  

  Bathing 
  in 
  the 
  running 
  stream, 
  or 
  " 
  going 
  to 
  water," 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  called, 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  their 
  most 
  frequent 
  medico-religious 
  ceremonies, 
  and 
  is 
  

   performed 
  on 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  occasions, 
  such 
  as 
  at 
  each 
  new 
  

   moon, 
  before 
  eating 
  the 
  new 
  food 
  at 
  the 
  green 
  corn 
  dance, 
  before 
  

   the 
  medicine 
  dance 
  and 
  other 
  ceremonial 
  dances 
  before 
  and 
  after 
  

   the 
  ball 
  play, 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  prayers 
  for 
  long 
  life, 
  to 
  coun- 
  

   teract 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  bad 
  dreams 
  or 
  the 
  evil 
  spells 
  of 
  an 
  enemy, 
  

   and 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  regular 
  treatment 
  in 
  various 
  diseases. 
  The 
  

   details 
  of 
  the 
  ceremony 
  are 
  very 
  elaborate 
  and 
  vary 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  performed, 
  but 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  both 
  shaman 
  

   and 
  client 
  are 
  fasting 
  from 
  the 
  previous 
  evening, 
  the 
  ceremony 
  lin- 
  

   ing 
  generally 
  performed 
  just 
  at 
  daybreak. 
  The 
  bather 
  usually 
  dips 
  

   completely 
  under 
  the 
  water 
  four 
  or 
  seven 
  times, 
  but 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  

   it 
  is 
  sufficient 
  to 
  pour 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  hand 
  upon 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   breast. 
  In 
  the 
  ball 
  play 
  the 
  ball 
  sticks 
  are 
  dipped 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time. 
  While 
  the 
  bather 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  the 
  shaman 
  is 
  

   going 
  through 
  with 
  his 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  performance 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  and 
  

   draws 
  omens 
  from 
  the 
  motion 
  of 
  the 
  beads 
  between 
  his 
  thumb 
  and 
  

  

  