How they Treat Their Sick
	They build a bench long enough and wide enough for the sick person, 
and he is laid upon it, either on his back or on his stomach.  This depends 
upon the nature of his illness.  Then, cutting the skin of his forehead with a 
sharp shell, they suck the blood with their own mouths, spitting it out into 
an earthen jar or a gourd.  Women who are nursing or are pregnant come 
and drink this blood, especially if it is that of a strong young man.  They 
believe that drinking it makes their milk better and their children 
stronger, healthier, and more active.
	For the sick, whom they lay face downward, a fire of hot coals is 
prepared, onto which seeds are thrown.  The sick man inhales the smoke 
through his nose and mouth; this is to act as a purge, expelling the poison 
from the body and thus curing the disease.
	They also have a plant which the Brazilians call petum and the 
Spaniards tapaco.  After carefully drying its leaves, they put them in the 
bowl of a pipe.  They light the pipe, and, holding its other end in their 
mouths and noses; by this means they often cure infections.
	Venereal disease is common among them, and they have several 
natural remedies for it.