INDEX 



313 



Page 

 Deer, diseases caused by ghost 



of 28 



Del., a medicine man, charac- 

 terized 115-116 



Denstaedtia punctiloba, use 



of 228 



Dentistry — 



among the Cherokee 72 



See also Toothache. 



Dewberry, medicinal use of 253 



Diagnosis of disease 39-41 



Diarrhea — 



diet for 65 



formula for 193, 244, 282 



DiOSPYROS VIRGINIANA 



pestle made of wood of 293 



use of 275,298 



Diphtheria, formula for 254, 261 



Dipper, gourd, use of, by medi- 

 cine man 58 



Diseases — 



causes of 15-16, 17-39 



change in conception of 77-80 



Cherokee conception of 14—16 



contagious, cause of 39 



contagious, safeguard 



against 75 



curing methods in 60-64, 67-68 



efficacy of treatment of 81-83 



number of, known to the 



Cherokee 89 



prevention of 73-77 



transferring of 62-63 



treatment of 39-83 



See also Formulas; Medi- 

 cine; Sickness. 



Dislocations, treatment of 72 



Divination — 



by means of beads 132 



procedure in 93-94 



Divinator, activities of 86 



Dogs, medicine given to 30 



Dogwood, medicinal use of 199, 283 



Dreams — 



as a cause of disease 35-37, 40 



belief concerning 15 



formula for 246 



interpretation of 36-37 



nightmare, remedy for 176-177 



of ill omen, formula for 304 



snake, formulas for 167 



taboo concerning 178 



Page 

 Dutchman's pipe, medicinal 



useof 288 



Dwarf iris, use of 288 



Dysentery, formula for 244 



Earache, formulas for 167 



Echium vulgare, use of 307 



Edmunds, Mr. and Mrs. J. R., 



JR., acknowledgment to xv 



Election of coffin makers and 



grave diggers 135-136 



Emetics, use of 23 



Epidemics, Cherokee belief con- 

 cerning 39 



Epigaea repens, use of 193, 252 



Eryngium virginianum, use of. 245 

 Eryngium yuccifolium, use of_ 76 



Ery^ngo plants, use of 245 



Ethics, professional, of medi- 

 cine men 93-95 



EuPATORiUM PURPUREUM, use of 262 

 Euphorbia hypericifolia, use 



of 180, 307 



Evergreens, belief concerning. 139 

 EvoNYMUS americanus, use of- 253 

 Ey'es, formulas for treatment 



of 167,184-186,219 



Fainting, formulas for 167, 



192, 205, 224 

 Fasting — 



by medicine man 66 



by patient 66 



efficacy of 83 



Fee of medicine man 95-97 



Ferns — 



medicinal use of 54, 228 



symbolism of, in medicinal 



use 54,293 



Fetter bush, use of 220 



Fever, formulas for 167, 200, 243 



Fbwkes, J. W., acknowledg- 

 ment to XV 



Fire — 



associated with sun 21 



association of, with disease. 21 



curative properties of 21 



prayers offered to 20 



profanation of 174 



Flax, medicinal use of 243 



Flint, place of, in Cherokee 



mythology 25 



Flowering spurge, use of 180 



Flux, formulas for 275-276 



