spirit in The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2
, often have a marvellous etfect. They are also skilled in the art of bleeding ; they open a vein with a piece of sharp flint or shell ; they often rub and knead witli their knuckles the aifected part. For rheumatism, tliey plunge the patient into cold water. But if all their usual remedies fail, t…
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- 3,539
- Year
- 1,878
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- 3539
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- The Aborigines of Victoria, volume 2; R. Brough Smyth
- Published
- 1878 public-domain Victorian and Tasmanian ethnographic source exposed through an exact Internet Archive item
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- Spirit-Person Narratives
- Public-text label
- spirit
- Archive period
- Gold Rush Colonial
- Location
- Victoria and Tasmania (VIC): B
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- VIC
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, often have a marvellous etfect. They are also skilled in the art of bleeding ; they open a vein with a piece of sharp flint or shell ; they often rub and knead witli their knuckles the aifected part. For rheumatism, tliey plunge the patient into cold water. But if all their usual remedies fail, they proceed to incantations, in the hope of driving the evil spirit out. They are very superstitious. Comets are their peculiar aversion. The first night the great comet of 1842 [1843] appeared, there was dreadful commotion and consternation among the Australian tribes. A large number were en- camped close to the station where I resided,.
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