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often suppurating, and at times causing death. Wounds of the 
chest are not much feared, hut when they occur in the abdomen 
they are almost always fatal. 
The people suffer from abscesses, which are opened, well washed 
with water, and then dressed with the above-mentioned paste. 
Hydrocele is not as common as among neighbouring tribes. They 
try to cure it by long-continued pressure of the hands, but without 
much success. 
The treatment of a broken arm or leg is noteworthy. When it 
is a simple fracture, the limb is pulled as straight as possible, and 
then sticks are placed as splints to keep it in position, and are tied 
with cords. When the bone is broken in pieces and the limb swells, 
so that they cannot properly straighten it, a number of small cuts 
are made, and cupping horns applied. These horns are made of 
cows’ horns. If when the swelling has been reduced they still 
cannot straighten the limb, they cut the broken bones out, and fix 
on splints, applying a powdered root to the wound. Haemorrhage 
is stopped by actual cautery. This operation is rarely successful, as 
most people who undergo it die in a few days. 
The doctors impart their knowledge to young men, but their own 
sons do not follow their profession. 
If a man is bitten by a snake, the wound is well sucked or the 
parts scarified, and cupping horns applied if handy, and then a 
powdered root is freely applied. This root is very expensive, a cow 
being often given in exchange for a small quantity of it. 
Women doctors treat all cases besides those mentioned above, 
and receive one cow, two sheep, or a bundle of arrows for their 
services. They have but few medicines, and seem to make frequent 
use of magic. When a women doctor is called to visit a patient she 
brings with her a basket containing what I may call her magic wand. 
It is a kind of double tube about a foot long, each tube being 
about 4 inches in diameter. The one tube is partly filled with smal 
stones, the other is empty, to allow of the doctor performing her 
manipulations in it. This instrument is painted red, and oiled all 
over. The doctor shakes the wand, and mutters to herself for some 
little time, then feels the patient all over and draws her wand over 
him. When pain is complained of in the abdomen or chest, she 
first rubs the part with oil, and then places her wand over the 
