Contents

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Contents.

Part I.
The people.	Page 1.
Public health and sanitation, village sites, sanitation, ventilation, clothing, food.	pp.2 - 6.
Religion, gods, spiritual concepts.	pp.6 - 13.
The tohunga or priest.	pp.14 - 16.
Disease, conception of disease, vitality of the race, diseases.	pp.17 - 20.
Etiology of disease, tapu, makutu or witchcraft	pp.20 - 42.
Symptoms of disease.	pp.43 - 45.
Diagnosis, natural phenomena, daily incidents, dreams, waitapu, mental.	pp.46 - 51.
Prognosis, takiri, divination.	pp.52 - 53.
Treatment, prophylaxis, mauri, tua and tohi rites, against witchcraft.	pp.54 - 57.
against ill-omens, takutaku rite, ngau-paepae, makutu, doubtful cases.	pp.58 - 63.
General remarks on treatment.	pp.64 - 66.
Ancient drugs, heat, counter-irritation &c.	pp.67 - 70.
Some of the diseases amongst the ancient Maori, skin diseases, diseases of the eye, toothache, tuberculosis, leprosy.	pp.71 - 76.
The influence of mind.	pp.77 - 79.
Appendix. Kehua and taniwha.	pp.80 -
Part II.
The effect of the introduction of civilisation. Epidemics, &c	pp.81 - 83.
Change of mode of living, clothing, food, alcohol.	pp.83 - 85.
Venereal diseases, morality.	pp.85 - 87.

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Part III.
The present condition of the Race.
Population.	p.88.
Present environment, infant foods, clothing.	pp.89 - 90.
Physique of the race, height, weight.	pp.91 - 94.
Incidence of disease	pp.95 - 101.
Retarding influences, the past, mate Maori, fear of makutu, doctors, hospitals and operations &c	pp.102 - 108.
The present-day tohunga.	pp.109 - 111.
What is being done.	pp.112 - 113.
The future.	p.114.
Bibliography.	p.115.