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cases that almost inflamed the ankle joint. I never saw them use any treatment; medi- 

 cines in gênerai being hère as rare as in K. W. Land (SCHELLONG [1889, 20], BlRO [1891, 

 60, N°. 175']). The Bogadjim (HaGEN [1899, 257J) treat their ulcers by bleeding, cutting 

 the skin with glass sherds. At Kaimani and Ajambori (Van der Goes [1858, 120, 160]) a 

 certain leaf and siri saliva resp. is used. My patients liked the western art of surgery, if not 

 too painful, and were willing to be anaesthetized with chloroform ; they said I made the people 

 dead, without stopping the heartbeat, and after the opération made them alive; similar ideas 

 about the chloroform sleep were gathered in British New Guinea (MaCGREGOR [1897, 38]). 

 The chief of Tarfia made the voyage to Humboldt Bay, to get rid of a pièce of an arrow 

 head, that had penetrated into his frontal bone; he was very glad seeing it extracted and the 

 wound healed. Cases like this make me sure that those people know nothing of trépanation, 

 as suggested by VONLUSCHAN [i898 a , 39S] and VlRCHOW [1901, 538]. regarding New Mecklen- 

 burg and the Caroline Islands resp.. PôCH [i905 a , 696] states that those „ trépanation wounds" 

 are caused by slings. 



Malaria was in H. B. not fréquent during the time of our stay, I witnessed two cases; 

 one of thèse patients to cure himself lay down 

 near to a wood fire, a treatment also reported 

 from the Jabim (NACHRICHTEN [1888, 233]). 

 Mosquitoes were only collected at the Wàûdu 

 River, south of Lake Jamur; thèse pests proved 

 to be a species of Ciel ex: M an s nia uni- 

 for mis. 



At Tobâdi I also treated a case of pneu- 

 monia. 



YVhether beri beri occurs in Papua Tâ- 

 landjang is doubtful. Both in Humboldt Bay 

 and on Lake Sentâni I met a man with paresis 

 of the lower extremities; in the case of the 

 latter (fig. 203) the knee-reflex was wanting, 

 but there was no anaesthesia and his puise 

 was normal. Owing to faulty knowledge of the 

 language I could get no history, and could make 

 no definite diagnosis. At Demta a photo was 

 taken (fig. 204) of a dwarf, with paralysis of 

 the legs ; I myself did not see the case and 

 the verbal information was faulty, but both 

 feet show extrême pedes vari, so that the case 

 probably represents acuteanterior poliomyelitis. 



Skin diseases are fréquent; tinea im- 

 bricata is spread over the whole of New Guinea (see p. 330). With the inland tribes it is 

 not infrequently universal; though in the coast villages only one half or less of the inha- 

 bitants are affected. It does not always by any means begin at the nates; with a child of two 

 years at Ingrâs it started at a spot in the side. Elephantiasis was found only amongst the Sëkânto. 



*ig. 203. Suggested case of béribéri; A se. 



