Johan Turi's Medical Knowledge

An Account of the Sami p. 132

About Mercury

This is a remedy in many cases. If a person breaks a bone or suffers a serious blow, quicksilver is given as a remedy. A little is taken in a spoon and swallowed, and one must say a blessing. And this is good for shooting pains, too, and for severe diarrhea. And if a person is carrying quicksilver on his person, no ghost can beset him. And quicksilver is a remedy for eye problems, too: e.g., when an eye develops a sty or a malignant disease.

Muitalus sámiid birra p. 132

Eallisilbba birra

Dat lea dálkkas máŋgga báikái. Jos olbmos doddjo dákti dahje [jos son] nordahuvvá hui bahát ‒ daidda adno ealli[silba] dálkkasin. Dat váldojuvvo veaháš bastii ja gaccastuvvo, ja njiellat ja sivdnidit galgá. Ja dat lea buorre vuoissahagaide nai, ja garra luhčadávdii lea maiddá dálkkas.

Ja gii atná ealli nalddis, su ala eai darván jámehat. Ja lea eallis dálkkasin čalbmái nai, go čalbmái šaddá smáiti dahje suohtta.

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