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Siri Gempa (His Lordship Earthquake) for the roof of 

 the mouth ; Siri Gunting (His Lordship Scissors) for the 

 genital organs; Seri Pasak (His Lordship Peg) for all 

 jouits ; Raja Besawan (The Epileptic King) for the nose ; 

 Siri Berganiong (His Lordship in Suspension) for the 

 chin ; S^i Oiahya (His Lordship of Lustre) for the right 

 cheek ; SSri Balek (His Lordsiiip in Reverse) for the left 

 cheek, and so on. The demon for small-pox on the tip 

 of the tongue is Maui, so named from the Arabic word 

 for death. The homor says that if a pock should occur 

 on the tip of the tongue, one will always be found at the 

 meatus urvtiarvit^, and the prognosis is bad. 



Special reference has been made to cholera and 

 small-pox, because these are the diseases most dreaded 

 by Malays — especially small-pox, which by Malays is 

 euphemistically called penyakit orang haik, or ** the 

 disease of good people " ; but it has now completely 

 lost its old terrors in Kelantan owing to voluntary 

 vaccination, which is now carried out successfully by 

 the hmior who has been taught to appreciate its value. 

 The barbarous practice of direct inoculation with 

 smaU-pox virus, introduced to the Far East from Persia, 

 and used by the Kelantan bamor as late as 1904, was 

 made a penal offence by the late Sultan in 1905, when 

 the principle of vaccination was explained to him in 

 Council by his Adviser, Mr. W. A. Graham. 



An account of the work of the homor in relation to 

 cHnical medicine would be incomplete without reference 

 to taboo in the sense of quarantine. The bonior 

 sometimes forbids any one to enter the sick-room, or 

 even to approach the dwelling by a particular path. 

 A string with coco-nut fronds hung on it is generally 

 drawn across the path as a notice of panta/ng or proliibi- 

 tion. Fines are levied by the bonwr for transgression 

 of his taboo. Two forms of native quarantine were in 



