The Tarahumares have not any cases of tape-worm, although their sheep have it; probably the large quantities of tesvino drunk during the winter may have something to do with this.
Medicine takes remarkably strong hold of the Indians.

One man suffered for two weeks from fever and ague, lost his appetite, and seemed a general wreck; but after a two-grain quinine pill became at once himself again, and a few days later was able to take a message for me to a place forty miles off and return the same day.
The natives do not bathe except in the wet season.

When they go to feasts, they wash their hands and faces, and the women comb their hair.

Sometimes they may wash their feet, but more frequently they clean their heads.

In fact, the regular way of taking a bath is to wash the head.