180 Timehri. 
I can myself vouch for several of the cures here given other than those used 
by the Indians, but a great many of them have been authenticated by men 
who have lived amongst the Indians for years such as Doctor X, the Rey. 
Bernau, the Rev. Dance, the Rev. Veness, by Schomburgk and others 
AtumM.—For headache from nerves or for nervousness. Take a cotton or 
linen bag, rib it, put in powdered alum and tie it round the waist care being 
taken to have the bag just over the smallof the back on the spine. Wear it 
for some months either awake or sleeping. This cure is from the bush negroes 
of Surinam andIcan give authenticated cures. One case: the sufferer had 
headaches for years and years and is now completely cured. A manager 
and his family in this Colony have been cured and many others. 
Atog VuLGaris.—A strip placed on a sore is excellent and draws out the 
inflammation and heals well. 
Ar-Wy.—Arrawak cure for fever. 
Acu-A-AN-Deperi.—Inner bark used by Caribs for cough and cold. 
ARRIUAGH, AUK-KUREMA.—Arrawak cure for sores. 
ArRARA.—-Used as an emetic by Arrawak Indians. 
ApioL Pitus.—Break a pill and rub the nose of a kicking or fractious horse 
and next day give a pill to the animal and he will be cured of vice if gently 
treated afterwards. 
Acu-u-AN-Deprert.—Carib cure for colds and coughs, the inner bark being 
used as a decoction. 
Acat-U, Atwy, AKAr-Ki-E.—For fever baths by the Accowiai and Carib 
Indians. 
ArourAMA.—For baths in smallpox cases (Carib). 
Ai-Wy—.Used by the Accowini Indians hot as a decoction for fever.! 
Awati.—Arrawak cure for measles as a bath. 
Are-Lap-AKxo,—Used for bites of the bushmaster and other venomous 
snakes and authenticated by the old travellers and missionaries. 
Ants Busu.—Used as a tea for thrush, the leaves pounded and the juice 
given for the same disease. 
Akarkir.—Used by the Accowini Indians for a fever bath. 
Arra-ArA, AraTRAK-Kra, Apperiana, ATapE-Reri—Used by the Caribe 
as purgatives. 
Arrti-Ly, also called Yari-Yari—Used by the Accowini Indians as an 
anthelmintic. 
