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634 593 Persons wounded in battle were unclear & drawn away as soon as possible. The Doctor took a certain preparation in his mouth - put his mouth to the wound and sucked out all the bad blood. He then chewed some hickery bark and spirted the juice in the wound, He also chewed a certain root called Ta ye wo and spirted the juice in the wound. But as soon as the battle was ended, and the Doctor would have his patients in a quiet resting place he chewed a root called A ta no k le ski (cleansing tongue) and spirted the juice to the bottom of the wound, by means of a small cane tube, about a foot long. All his patients must fast four days, both for the preservation of their lives and satisfaction for their wounds. The doctor also fasted more or less. On the recovery of each patient, at a proper time the Doctor offered a sacrifice for each, and prayed as in the case when a man wanted long life. The burning of the sacrifice was as usual ominous, A person wounded by accident must fast twenty four hours. Nutsawi