DCHP-1 Online
medicine box 
Obs. a bag or pouch, often decorated with beadwork, used by the Indians to carry various objects believed to have magical powers in protecting the bearer from harm.
See also: medicine bag
- 1791 It is always observable that the Indians take out the bag which contains . . . the poison of this venomous reptile, and carry it alive in their medicine box when they go to war.
- 1791 It is always observable that the Indians take out the bag which contains . . . the poison of this venomous reptile, and carry it alive in their medicine box when they go to war.