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Table III. — Rotation of cutica. 



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Hour period. 



First day. 



Second day. 



Third day. 



Fourth day. 



Fifth day. 



Sixth day. 



Subu 



Lujur 



Asal 



Magarib... 

 Aisa, 



Maisuara... 

 Kala 



Sry. _, 



Bisnu 



Maisuara... 



Kala 



Sry 



Barahama.. 



Barahama .. 



Bisnu 



Maisuara... 



Kala 



Sry 



Sry 



Kala 



Sry 



Maisuara. 



Kala. 



Sry. 



Barahama. 



Bisnu. 



Barahama.. 



Bisnu 



Maisuara... 

 Kala.. 



Barahama .. 



Bisnu 



Maisuara... 



Barahama.. 

 Bisnu 



A disease that begins on Sunday, Tuesday, and Saturday has 

 a bad prognosis. A disease that begins on Thursday, Friday, 

 and Monday is of good prognosis. A disease that begins on 

 Wednesday is of neither bad nor good prognosis. 



The months have their corresponding prognosis : 



Table IV. — Prognosis of months. 

 Month. 



First Mujarram 



Second Sapar 



Third Rabi-el-aual 



Fourth Rabi-el-agir 



Fifth ■ Guiumadil-aual 



Sixth Guiumadil-agir 



Seventh Raguiab 



Eighth Zaban 



Ninth Ramadlan 



Tenth Xaual 



Eleventh Chiulcaida 



Twelfth Chiuljiguia 



Bad 

 Do. 



Good 



Do. 



Do. 



Bad 



Do. 

 Good 



Do. 



Bad 

 Good 



Do. 



be serious, 

 to be light. 



A disease that begins with high tide is liable to 

 whereas one that begins with low tide is more likely 



TREATMENT OF DISEASES 



The treatment of diseases is a mixture of religion, supersti- 

 tion, and medicine concocted by a tabib (medicine man) from 

 herbs and plants. 



V^Hien a person is sick, the windows are not usually closed, 

 but the patient is always kept inside of the mosquito bar, which 

 is made of heavy cloth (coco crudo) for fear the wind may hurt 

 the patient. In some instances a smudge is kept at the foot 

 of the stairs, as the disease is supposed to come up by the stairs, 

 but not through the windows. 



The medicine should be of the color of the cutica in which 

 the disease began: maisuara, white; kala, black; sry, several 

 colors; barahama, red; and bisnu, yellow. If- the resulting 

 medicine concocted is not of the color of the cutica, the patient 



