MOARI SUPERSTITION.
An instance of a victim of native superstition has lately come under tbe notice of the Rangitikei Advocate, which . states that a fine strapping young Maori named Abraham, residing at the Mataura , pah, who had been suffering from abscesses of a very distressing nature, was precluded from obtaining medical assist ance b>\tho advice of his friends, they resorting «r the primitive adoption of the tapu, consisting in placing the unfortunate patient in a whare by himself, and allowing no person to go near him. Und.r this simple treatment the pat'«at • Ctire worse, and hf* it not been for the chance recontre of of a European frigid, whom the other natives strinif'y endeavoured to keep away from tin Fcene, he would have succumbed under the combined influences case and neglect. Medical advice was 1 however, obtained, »nd with tha iro- ■ proved treatment it is hoped the poor 1 % low will come round. " ■
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Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 26 June 1880, Page 2
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153MOARI SUPERSTITION. Temuka Leader, Issue 269, 26 June 1880, Page 2
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