It is most common when the locusts swarm over
the country, and the people eat them abundantly for several days. They
say no one, not even a babe, ever died of diarrhea.
Two of the three prostitutes of Bontoc, the cast-off mistresses of
Spanish soldiers, have syphilis, or na-na. Formerly one civilian was
afflicted, and at present four or five of the Constabulary soldiers
have contracted the disease.
Lang-ing'-i, a disease of sores and ulcers on the lips, nostrils,
and rectum, afflicted a few people three or four years ago. This
disease is very common in the pueblo of Ta-kong', but is reported as
never causing death.
Goiter, fi-kek' or fin-to'-kel, is quite common with adults, and is
more common with women than men.
Varicose veins, o'-pat, are not uncommon on the calves of both men
and women.
Many old people suffer greatly with toothache, called "pa-tug' nan
fob-a'." They say it is caused by a small worm, fi'-kis, which wriggles
and twists in the tooth. When one has an aching tooth extracted he
looks at it and inquires where "fi'-kis" is.
They suffer little from colds, mo-tug', and one rarely hears an
Igorot cough.
Headache, called both sa-kit' si o'-lo and pa-tug' si o'-lo, rarely
occurs except with fever.
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