a tes 
a iS a: a ae Re ge ae en eee ee 
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= Maton: Phiterons 
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tee - : 
Edited bi Prof. Oris T. Mason, National Museum, Washington, D. C. 
1886.] Anthropology. 401 
Bain had shown why it was not done. That was because when 
we came to the higher functions of man, called mental functions, 
we had to do with perceptions which were founded upon sensa- 
tion, which meant interpretations by the mind of those percep- 
tions. He considered that the line at which physiologists 
stopped was the line at which Dr. Bain begins—namely, 
measure. He heartily agreed with’ Dr. Bain in thinking that 
psychology is the subject that lies at the basis of anthropology, 
and should be accepted as its foundation. 
ties. The committee on thought transference has collected the re- 
sults of some twelve thousand experiments conducted by a num- 
T of observers, and a statistical study of these seems to show a 
slight preponderance of right guesses when the conditions are 
such as render thought transference possible. 
A special committee has been inquiring into the subject of 
faith-cure ; but without attaining anything in the way of positive 
results. Some of the most frequently described cases of marvel- 
ous cures were, on investigation, found to be without any suffi- 
cient basis in fact. In general, the “ faith-curists” seemed to . 
dread and abhor anything like a scientific investigations of their. - 
claims; so that any careful study of the psychic phenomena which 
attend the cure of even those nervous and illusive maladies that 
_are known to be amenable to mental impressions, was out of the 
question. Other standing and special committees will report at 
the regular meetings of the branch. 
ANTHROPOLOGY |! 
Maort PHarmacopazta.—Mr. Kerry Nichols has preserved for 
us in the Journal of the Anthrop. Inst. (xv, 206) the native medi- — 
cines of the Maoris of New Zealand: 
Harakehe (Phormium tenax), New Zealand flax, decoction of leaves and root 
"ec tor Paipai, a cutaneous disease. ee 
Horopito, a shrub, decoction of leaves used for paipai. ae 
Huhu, a E nd in the rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum), matai ( Podocarpus spi- 
cata) and kahikatea (Podocarpus dacrydioides), eaten as medicine. l A 
Kakitatea (Podocarpus dacrydioides), decoction of leaves used for internal com. > 
scandens) decoction of roots used as sarsaparilla, young shoots 
Kewatewa (Piper excelsum), leaf used for the paipai, and to heal cuts and wounds. — : 
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