Note 31 — Chapter VI · Magic Rites as affecting the Life of Man (continued 3)
Reading edition
J. D. Vaughan in vol. xi. of J.I.A.
Cp. the following passage:—
“Later, comes a day when Sĕlĕma nearly loses her life by reason of the barbarities which Malay science considers necessary if a woman is to win through her confinement without mishap.”—Clifford, Stud. in Br. Hum., p. 51. ↑