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CHAPTER IV.
MEDICINE— MUSIC.
Xndian islanders ignorant o f sculpture and paintmg.-r-State
o f the medical artt and character o f its practitioners.-- a*
ture o f their prescriptions.^ Advantages p f the simp e an
natural practice pursued in febrile disorders.— Tota^ igno
i 'rance o f the treatment o f surgical disorders.— State o f music.
4 -Description o f musical instruments.-Bands orgamalans.
r_-Character o f Javanese music.
O f sculpture and painting the Indian islanders
are at present absolutely ignorant. If the genius
of natives designed and executed the beautiful
temples, the ruins of which we still admire, we
can have no hesitation, however, in pronouncing,
that, did there exist a demand for talent in sculpture,
abundance of it would be produced. Of their
capacity to excel in painting we have no opportunity
of judging, for it is an art, which, in no age, .m
common with other Asiatic people, they appear
to have practised. ,
Medicine and music, the one by necessity, the
other for amusement, have made more progress,
or been more practised. Of the first they are, m
deed, like other barbarians, extremely ignorant as