Johan Turi's Medical Knowledge

An Account of the Sami p. 121

For Toothaches

“For a tooth ache there is another treatment. If it is a particularly bad tooth ache, one finds a sore gland beneath the jaw. And they stab that with an awl. Around the awl is wound sinew at the point up to which the awl is supposed to stick into the gland. And the awl must be turned in two further directions, so that it will stab more and release at least three drops of blood.”

Muitalus sámiid birra p.125

Bátnevihkái

Bátnevihkái lea velá okta goansta. Go lea garra bátnevihki, de gávdno ráksá ollola vuolde, mii lea bávččas, ja dan galgá dalle čugget áimmiin. Áimmi birra gissojuvvo suotna jur dan muddui go galgá rávssá sisa čuggejuvvot. Ja dat galgá jorgalit velá guovtte guvlui, vai cuvke eambbo, ja vai boađáše juobe golbma goaikkanasa ge varra.

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An Account of the Sami p. 126

A Treatment for Toothache

“The best treatment of all is to rub both sides of the throat and all around the mouth and the neck tendons and the back tendons all down the back until the aching subsides. And it is certain that the pain will subside but it takes someone very skilled at massage. A bear’s tooth is also a remedy: one presses the afflicted gland with it. But it should be warmed up a little first and wrapped in a fine cloth, and then it is pressed against the tooth. And if one finds a reindeer jawbone—one that has lain on the ground for so long that the ground has given some of its color to it or it has become green—then one can heat that up too and press it in the same manner as one does with a bear’s tooth.”

Muitalus sámiid birra p.131

Goansta bátnevárkii

Buot buoremus: dat galgá ruvvet guovtte bea- le čeabeha ja visot birra njálmmi ja ain niske- suonaid, ja ain čielgesuonaid jur miehtá čielggi ‒ ja dassá go lea heaitán várka. Dat lea vis- sis, ahte dat heaitá, muhto dat galgá viššalis čeahpes ruvvejeaddji. Guovžža bátni lea maiddá dálkkas, go dainna deaddá rávssá, muhto galgá veaháš ligget ovdal ja de giessalit asehis liinni bir- ra, ja de deattašit dainna bániin. Ja jos gávdná bohcco oaluldávtti ‒ dakkára mii lea leamaš nu guhká eatnamis, ahte lea eatnan báidnán su feargasis dahje ruonán ‒ ja de dan maiddá ligget, ja de deaddit dainna nai seammá ládje go biertnabániin.

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