Excerpt from Curiosities of Savage Life Ger d elevates him to the highest position in the land, 62; a few of the many legitimate modes of becoming Grand Medicine - the ordeal of the Sun - portrait of Grand Medi cine among the north-american Indians eu operation b a savage M.D. - novel cure for stitch in t 0 side, 65; bad pay and a worse cure - the doctor called in to see baby - too late, 66; the doctor-priestesses of Bor nee - their combat with naked swords to frighten away the demon of sickness - catch ing a sick man's soul - the fee for that im rtant o ration - the Dayak ceremony of erobat isab, 68; saving the soul of the Rice - a Dayak harvest home, 69; augury with cocoa-nuts the medicine of the native African - a battle royal for the clip gings of a traveller's hair - the carpenter of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.