The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-11

some ono had been cutting tho sacred groves
and they hunted for those criminals all the
time. letting me do all the practicing.
Medicine Too Mid for Siberinns
After that l determined to get into n
colder climate, and, for one winter, prac.
tced among the Koriaks, UP near the base o
the Kamchatkan peninsula. My methods were
too mild for them. The way a native phys
ioian treats n sick man there is to catch him
by the heels and drag him around the
house. Then. II he does not get up and
go to work and pretend ho Is cured, he Is
killed, saved couple Of patients by mas
saglng stin muscles.
That practice was too strenuous for me,
and the next year found inc studying new
systems Of medicine up In the Australian
BUSH Hero came In conflict with the
blaclsfellow doctor, who Is quite as effect
i've as the ordinary American quack. These
doctors fly up in tho air at night and come
down trees. and they throw Bristol diamonds
at patients during the darkness. They
have. according to their patients, bone In
their stomachs. and splinters OF IT are caused
to enter their patients and cure the disease.
They see old man kangaroos In their drenms
and they carry plongges,' or big clubs, with
10 die No man among them ever dies a nat
ural death-but all are killed by witchcraft
and the main treatment OF patients consists
in leaving them alone and hunting the
wltches-which Is the best part Of their
system. They did not take kindly to my
treatments.
Fights Consumption Among Maoris
<u,o Ua
Ing consumption among tho Maoris In New
zealand-but 1t was useless. One can't cure
consumption and 1t would take q century to
educate the natives into preventive measures
land by that time they will all be dead. The
women wear furs, heavy clonks. flannels,
rugs, and wraps while ma king calls and then
come home and dress In thin col ton skirt.
They seek pleasure at the dampest spot they
can find and the edge OF q swamp is their
favorite building site. The men wear over
coats In summer and leave them off in winter
and they all live together. 4ez
They are dying like sheep but they re-
fuse to change their customs. go there Is no
use for physiclans-what they need is grave
diggers.
How Hawaiians Cure Indigestion.
!. Finally wound up my career as a ply
scian among the Hawaiians and combatcd
the priests trying TO practice medicine while
they hunted witches and evil spirits was
not ethical and got little trade.
:" | was present at one cure The girl
patient had an acute attack OF indigestion.
and | persuaded her to take some salts.
Meantime the priest accused man OF In
citing evil spirits TO enter the girls body and
mako her sick. The accused was required to-
hold his hand over bowl OF water. II It
trembled he was guilty. noticed the priest
rise up and come down, and the water shook
into rpples, SO the man was scourged and
tho evil spirits left the girls body. left her
another dose OF salts and started home.
Little Worse than Americans.
4 Z Even so, hese strange peoples whom I
have tried to cure are but little worse than
we. found several valuable herb remedies
among them, and, even In their witch hunts.
they are but little more supersttious regard
Ing sickness than the people Of the United
States.
Whenever see man carrying a buck
eye In his pocket to cure a local disease
think of the witch hunts-and I must say
that the witch hunters usually gave strenu.
Gus doses OF herbs Just before starting out to
hunt tho witch"