OLBBECHTs] THE SWIMMER MANUSCRIPT 275 



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 gi'*g6" i;*'iuskw;)"M(]ts(i()' ny-'w^o-tT 



blood wlionovor tlioy (lot) down to euro witli 



fioin stonmcli 



kw*a'n-i;nsti*''ca siVUn'.')' iia.'sciwy" c,l-'c,o i;'iitsl<W)"'l(Usf)()[.i'''] 



peach(es), tlioy lil.tlo porsimnion, also blood vvlidiiovor (liny (lot) down 



and from Ktoiimub 



np-'wo'tT I a'oaiiy!! u"'"l')S'Jc'i 



to cure with it lias bticn it has passed 



boiled 



(This is) the Medicine When They Dischaiige Blood from 



Their Bowels 



FHKK TUANSLATION 



Small peaches and persimmons are the medicine when they discharge 

 blood from their bowels. It should ho, boiled and boiled down. 



EXPLANATION 



This prescription for flux would undoubtedly be efTicacious when 

 drunk by the patient, as it has a pronounced astrin^^^nt cfrcct. 

 kw'a'ni;nstt*'Ga, Prunus pennsylvanica L. f., wild, red, bird, lire, or 

 pin cherry; suli', Diospyros vlrginiana L., common persimmon. 



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Gf'G5" D-'ruskw)-Mdts(!(/(.i ^^) | 



blood whoiiov((r thoy (lot) it down 



from stomach 



u"Gu'G-usko'!-i Gf'GS" i;''mskwo*'ldtsc;y-' iia/sGwi)"' ny'Vo't'i' | 



hooting owl, its hoad, L blood '.'; whenever thoy (lot) it down also to euro with 



from slomacli 



"wa."so-Gwo"^' Gu'^lstanort-GW')"' u'n(li"t'asti' 



by itself, L it has boon stooped, \j they must drinl< it 



Also a Medicine When They Discharge Blood from Tiieiii 



Bowels 



FUEK TllANHIiATION 



Goldenrod should merely be steeped by itself. Thoy must drink it. 



explanation 



Another of the Ut. prescriptions on which no additional information 

 could be obtained. The infusion is made with the root of i;''GUGi;sko', 

 a species of Solidago L., goldenrod. A specimen colJocted by another 

 informant was identified as Pedicularis canadensis L., connnon louse- 

 wort. 



** Emendation by editor. 



