Cherokee Medicine Man - Healing - Cures and Formulas

Description: This is a scanned copy on a USB Flash Drive of the original book published in 1932. The Swimmer Manuscript Cherokee Sacred Formulas and Medicinal Prescriptions By James Mooney Revised, Completed and Edited by Frans M. Olbrechts & D.L. Clark With Illustrations United States Government Printing Office Washington 1932 319 pages on a USB Flash Drive Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are lighter in contrast due to age of the original text. This book is SEARCHABLE * TABLE OF CONTENTS Bibliography Acknowledgments In memorials—James Mooney Introduction Material and method The writer of the manuscript General background—Informants used Linguistic notes Phonetic symbols and abbreviations Disease, its nature and its causes Nature of Disease General Semeiology Disease Causes Natural Causes Supernatural Causes Spirits The Sun The Fire The Moon The River Thunder—Red Man—Two Little Red Men Purple Man, Blue Man, Black Man Various Little People Animal Spirits Ghosts Human ghosts Animal ghosts Preternatural causes Witches "Man-killers" aye Gi diseases "Mulier menstruans" Dreams Omens Neglected taboos; disregarded injunctions Causes of contagious disease Disease and its treatment Diagnosis and prognosis List of spirits Color symbolism—Sacred numbers Materia medica Paraphernalia used in the treatment Curing methods Prescriptions as to diet, taboos, etc A typical curing procedure Surgery Disease and its treatment Prophylaxis Change from within—Influence from without Attitude of the community toward the siek Efficacy of treatment The medicine man Different classes Scope of knowledge Social status Professional ethics The medicine man's fee Mutual relations Initiation Diffusion of knowledge Succession and inheritance Skepticism Attitude toward white culture Personalities, Individual differences Birth Sexual life Conception Abortus - Contraceptives During pregnancy Pregnant woman's taboos Husband's taboos Partus Afterbirth Care for child, Child life Raising the child to become a witch, Twins Death and afterlife Death Between death and burial Burial After burial Afterlife The soul Survival of the soul Suicide Tragical deaths The formulas Name Origin Kinds Prayers For protection For long life For gathering medicine Conjurations For curing For using tobacco For examining with the beads Against witches Agricultural For hunting and fishing Incantations "To change" To kill For love attraction For making unattractive For separating How the formulas are recited or sung How the formulas are considered by the laity and by the medicine men Technique of writing the formulas Structure of the formulas The ritual language Cherokee Texts 1. (For) the big chill this is the medicine 2. And this is (for) when their heads are ill 3. This is the medicine when they are sick with sharp pains 4. This is to cure with, when they have them itching 5. If snakes have bitten them, this is the medicine 6. This is to cure with, to give it to them to drink when they are sick with "eaters" 7. This is when they are sick with the "yellow" 8. This is the medicine for their navel 9. This (is for) when they have them drooping 10. When they have them drooping, this is the medicine 11. (For) their navel, this is the medicine 12. This is the medicine (if) simulators have made it resemble it (i.e., a real sickness) 13. This (is for) when they have their heads aching 14. Their navel, this is the medicine (for) 15. This is the medicine for their navel 16. This is to treat (them) with if the raccoon causes them to be ill 17. And another one if the little ones have diarrhea 18. This is to take people to the water with 19. This is to treat (them) with (when) he habitually breaks them (i. e., rheumatism) 20. This (is) to treat (them) with when they have dreamed of snakes; (what) to give them to drink, and (how) it is to be said 21. This (is) to cure (them) with whenever they have lost their voice 22. And this (is) for the purpose (of treating them) when they urinate (like) milk 23. This (is) to blow their heads with; the medicine, (which is) to be used with it is told below 24. This (is) the treatment for their breast 25. This (is) for using the snake tooth at the scratching of them 26. This is the treatment whenever they are ill with the "yellow" 27. This (is) for when they become ill suddenly 28. This is to scratch them; a brier should be used with it 29. This is the medicine (for) when their breast swells 30. This is to treat them with when they have blisters 31. (This is) for the purpose of scratching people, using the snake tooth with it 32. This (is) to treat them with (for) worms 33. This (is) the medicine, if they have (pains) appearing about in different places 34. This (is) to make them vomit bile 35. (This is) the treatment when they have them drooping 36. This (is) for the purpose of it, whenever they have pain in different places 37. This tells (about) what to treat (them) with if they urinate yellow 38. (This is) to treat (them) with, if they have their urinary passages stopped up 39. This (is) the medicine (for) the black "yellow" 40. This (is) the medicine whenever they have them shaking 41. This is the medicine for the chill 42. This is the medicine when they attack him suddenly 43. This is to take those that have been left (alive) to the water with 44. When they have pains appearing about in different places 45. This is the medicine for their sides 46. This (is) to treat (them) with when "it affects them in such a way," as they usually call it 47. This is the medicine if snakes have bitten them 48. This is the medicine when they have it hot 49. This (is) when they are ill (by) those living in the forest 50. This (is) to treat (them) with (when) they have inhaled bad (odors) 51. And (this is for) when they are under restrictions (and) they dream of all sorts (of things) 52. This is the medicine for worms 53. This is the medicine when they have blisters 54. This is the medicine for their breast, when the terrapin affects them as they go about 55. This is to cure (them) with, if what they urinate is yellowish 56. This is the medicine for their throat 57. This (for) their head (is) the medicine 58. This is the medicine when they have become as though (they were really ill) 59. This, whenever their feet are frost bitten, (is) the treatment 60. This is the medicine when their feet are frost bitten 61. This is the medicine when their mouths are sore 62. This is the medicine for the insects living in the water 63. This is the medicine when their teeth ache 64. This is the medicine when their breast aches 65. This is the medicine for their navel 66. This is the medicine when they have pains (shifting) about 67. This is the medicine whey they have it along both sides 68. This is the medicine whenever their breast aches 69. To cure them with, when they have been shot 70. This is to make (the) little ones jump down from them, for their (mothers) 71. And this (is for) when they discharge slimy (matter) from their bowels 72. (This is) the medicine when they discharge blood from their bowels 73. Also a medicine when they discharge blood from their bowels 74. Also a medicine when they discharge pale blood (and) slimy matter from their bowels 75. To cure the chill with 76. This is to make the small ones jump down from them for their (mothers) 77. This is the medicine when their food is changed 78. This is to cure (them) with, when they let them down from their stomach, (and) they do not recover 79. This is for the purpose of (curing) children when they constantly cry 80. This is the medicine when they have the itching 51. This is the medicine to give them to drink when they urinate yellowish (urine) 52. This is the medicine (for) their head 53. This is to examine with the beads 84. This is the medicine (when) it breaks them 85. This is for the purpose of (curing) the "yellow" of their navel S6. This is (for) when they are sick with a swelling 87. To cure them when they have their feet frost bitten S8. This is the medicine (for) what they call "cocoons" 89. This is the medicine for their head 90. This is the medicine for a beanlike (boil) 91. This is (for) what they call "it causes them to be broken" 92. This is (for) when they have bad dreams 93. This is to take oneself to the water with, to help one self 94. This is the medicine when they urinate white (matter) 95. This is the medicine when they urinate milky (substance) 96. 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