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around their limbs in a kind of splint. When dried it was very 

 hard and supported their limbs so that they could travel. 



(9) The splinters from a tree struck by lightning were always car- 

 ried by medicine men and used as lances, especially for lancing the 

 gums. If a man were suffering from toothache they cut the gum 

 with these splinters " so that the blood ran." 



Dental Surgery 



If a tooth were hollow the Chippewa sometimes heated an awl 

 or other metal instrument almost red hot and put it into the hollow 

 of the tooth. 



If it w r ere considered necessary to pull a tooth they struck it 

 forcibly to loosen it. 



If a tooth were partly loosened they tied a sinew around the tooth, 

 close to the root, attached it to something solid and pulled the tooth 

 by jerking backward. 



Classification of Diseases and Injtjkies 10 



1. Nervous system : 



Convulsions. 

 Headache. 

 " Craziness." 



2. Circulatory system : 



Heart. 



In the blood. 



3. Respiratory system : 



Cold. 

 Cough. 



Lung trouble. 

 Hemorrhage from lungs. 



4. Digestive system : 



Sore mouth. 

 Toothache. 

 Sore throat. 

 Indigestion- 

 Pain. 

 Colic. 

 Cramps. 

 Dysentery. 

 Physic (use of). 

 Emetics (use of). 

 Worms. 



Cholera infantum. 



5. Urinary system : 



Kidney trouble. 

 Stoppage of urine. 

 Gravel. 



6. Skin: 



Inflammation. 



Boils. 



Sores. 



Eruptions. 



Warts. 



Hair. 



7. Wounds: 



Incised. 

 Internal. 



Bites of poisonous reptiles. 



8. Bruises. 



9. Burns. 



10. Ulcers. 



11. Fevers. 



12. Scrofula. 



13. Hemorrhages. 



14. Diseases of women. 



15. Diseases of the eye. 



16. Diseases of the ear. 



17. Diseases of the joints, including 



rheumatism and sprains. 



18. Baths. 



19. Tonics and stimulants. 



20. Enemas. 



21. General remedies. 



22. Diseases of the horse. 



10 In determining this basis of classification the author received the valued assistance 

 of Dr. D. S. Lamb, who at the time was pathologist at the Army Medical Museum, 

 Washington, D. C. 



