By “no distinctive name,” I mean no term indicative of relationship. They were known by their personal name only.
Note 5.—On Native Diseases
List of Native Diseases and their Native Names
1. Scrotal hernia, liboke denotes an early stage, and the word also means a parcel, bundle; benda is a later stage when the hernia is large; and likuku the last stage when the hernia reaches the knees. I have seen two or three examples of the last stage.
2. Paralysis from sickness, boboku. I never saw a case of this.
3. Smallpox, kokotu. We had an epidemic of this disease in 1893. Some people died, and others carry the marks to this day.
4. Bad diarrhœa, bolete, is supposed to be the result of a curse.
5. Bleeding at the nose from any cause, bolongo.
6. Insanity, bomwa; mild insanity in which there is extreme foolishness, lemana.
7. Madness of a violent character, mokalala.