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aliincnlary canal will bo evident to the most siiixMlicial observer. 

 His diet dilTers from that ot" the ox in these impiti'tiint respects, 

 that hi.s fodder is larg-ely composed of the leaves of trees and of 

 prickly shrubs, aud that he receives little grain food and prac- 

 tically no roots, as a general rule ho is left to shift for himself 

 entirely in the collection of his food. The remarkable tendency 

 in the camel for wounds to take on suppurative action and to 

 becojne complicated with lymphaugitis is one of the first matters 

 which attracts attention in Cameline Pathology, it is probably 

 due to constitutional tendency to a very great extent, but cannot 

 wholly be set down to that cause, being often duo to malpraxis in 

 the treatment of wounds, and perhaps also to the irritant proper- 

 ties of urine, saliva, and other secretions of the camel which 

 probably prove as offensive to a healing wound as they do to the 

 nostrils of any one unused to be among these animals. Abscesses 

 occurring in the positions occupied by lymphatic glands are com- 

 monly described as special distinct disorders of the camel, but 

 they may almost all legitimately come under the head of lymph- 

 angitis aud carefully conducted examination of the animal will 

 generally show that they depend on some unhealthy wound. 

 Thus the question early comes up for careful consideration whether 

 there is in the constitution of the camel any intrinsic and special 

 tendency to unhealthy action in wounds ; in considering this it 

 must be remembered that very mary of the patients which come 

 under our notice are in extremely low condition from under-feeding 

 which materially lessens the reparative powers of the constitution, 

 that in many cases it is almost impossible to secure anything 

 like cleanliness of the wounds, and that generally, in the ab- 

 sence of our immediate personal supervision, simple dressings 

 are discai-ded, and, either openly or surreptitiously, the Serwan 

 applies the acrid medicaments which native practice sanctions ; we 

 have as yet no evidence that the tlosh of the camel is peculia rly ob- 

 noxious to repair. Rayment is right in his estimate of the extent 

 of the knowledge possessed by natives as to treatment of Camel 

 Diseases.* Every Veterinary Surgeon with Indian experience 

 can confirm his views and finds that the empirical knowledge 



*" A theory, icJiidt should ho, crplodcd as soon as possihle, is that natives 

 undfirsfond the frealment of these, animals in sickness. Toniciitioii some of 

 iljeir curative measures, lot us take Dementia : — 'I'lic}' tic tlio patient down, 

 rover him up with blankets. light two fiies bcl'orc and two behind him, if 



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