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Of the Laplanders Difeafes, (yc. 12$
arefill’d both in Summer and Winter. Ericus Plant inns gives the Same
rert-Ton , and moreover adds the light of rhe fire to be a cauSe of it. And this
gives them thegreateft trouble imaginable, that their old age ufually-ends
in blindneSs. They are often troubled alfo with the PleureSy and inflam*
marion oS the lungs, ftiches in the back,and dizzineSsin the head. The
Small Pox likewise Sometimes takes them. Now as diSeaSes are rare, among
them, fo Phyfick is altogether unknown. Againft all diSeaSes inwardly they
uSe the root oS a kind oS MoSs, which they call Jrreh, or in the failance
of that, the ftalke of* Angelica, which they call Fadno, and is any where
to be found, for this ufe they boil the Angelica with the whey of Rain-deers
milk, as I Said it was a cuStom among them before, in the Chapter of their
food, and So prepared it is made uSe of as a Special Medicine. If they feel
any pain in their joints, they apply Some fired chips to the place ill
affected, that the ulcer then made may attraCt the vicious humors , and So
mitigate the paine.
They cure wounds witn no other ointment or plaiSter then of refin,
which the trees fweat out: ifa member be benummed with cold, the CheeSe
made of Rain-deers milk affords the preSentest remedy to it $ they thrust
a red-hot iron into it Kand with the fat of the CheeSe that instantly diftills
from it, they anoint the part affedted with incredible SucceSs. Othersap*
ply the CheeSe it Self, Slicing it thin like a plate or leafe. This CheeSe So
boiled in milk is extraordinary good fora cough , and what other diftempers,
either of lUngs or breast ariSe from cold, if it be taken So heated. It helps
the.Slomach when cfiSatfeCted by their drinking water. BecauSe diSeaSes are
So rare among them, most of themcome to extreme old age. Nay Sam. Rheen
Saies there are Some among them that live to be above an hundred years old,
and that most of them ufually reach 70, So, and 90 years, and at this age
he Saies many of themare still Sufficiently brisk and lively, able to manage
their bufineSs with expedition, to take a journey, to courSe thorough Woods
and Mountains, and to perform other Such labour: and lastly that they grow
not grey-haired either Soon or eafily ; So that old age diSpatches mOre of
them then difeafes do. But if any be fo dangeroufly fick as to keep his bed,
either worn with age, or foine diflemper, thqy first enquire concerning him
by their Drum , whither he will recover his health againe or die, as I hate
in another place Shewn this to be one of the ufes of the Drum, and CI. M.
Matthias Steuchius in his Letter to me tells us the fame ; I remember, faies
he, I rvas once told by a Laplander that they can tell the very houre and
manner of any mans death by thofe their Drums.
Wnen they perceive any one neer death i then if there be prefent any
well diSpofed perfons, and verfed in the Christian Religion, they exhort
him in his agonies to think of God and Christ. If they are regardleSs of
Religion, they inftantly abandon the fick perfon , carefull only about the
funeral banquet, which they begin Sometimes to celebrate before the perSon
departing is quite dead. Steuchius confirms this by a Story; There was a
rich Laplander named Thomas , who when he was taken with a dangerous
fitt offickneSs, So as to looSe all hope of recovery, he fu.mmond before
hi:n his friends and acquaintance; they when they perceived him to be
def-perate, they halted to the Victuallers that keeps th: Inn towards Norway
and J’amp11and> and of him they bought Ale and Spirit of Wine ready to
I i Sacrifice
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