. Practice of medicine and surgery by the Canadian tribes in Champlain's time . ssful fishing or hunting excursion; for then 8 the Sun, who takes pleasure in leasts, is angry with the une who has been delin-quent in his duty, and makes him ill. Besides this general cause of sickness thereare special ones, in the shape of certain little spirits, malevolent in their nature,who intrude themselves of their own accord, or are sent l)y some enemy, into theparts of the body that are most diseased. Tlius when anyone has an aching head,or arm, or stomach, they say that a Manitou has entered tliis part
. Practice of medicine and surgery by the Canadian tribes in Champlain's time . ssful fishing or hunting excursion; for then 8 the Sun, who takes pleasure in leasts, is angry with the une who has been delin-quent in his duty, and makes him ill. Besides this general cause of sickness thereare special ones, in the shape of certain little spirits, malevolent in their nature,who intrude themselves of their own accord, or are sent l)y some enemy, into theparts of the body that are most diseased. Tlius when anyone has an aching head,or arm, or stomach, they say that a Manitou has entered tliis part of tlie body, not cease its torments until it has been drawn or driven out. The most common remedy, accordingly, is to summon the Juggler, whocomes attended by some old men, with wliom he holds a sort of consultation onthe patients ailment. After this he falls upon the diseased part, applies his mouth10 it, and, ])y sucking, pretends to extract something from it, such as a littlestone. i>v a bit of striiio-. or sometbinsf else wliich he had concealed in his mouth.
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