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lias fouurl that prcguaut auimals abort citlior dnving the attack, 

 during convalescence^ or even after recovery : the milk in this 

 disease is thick and scanty and contains blood from the first. A 

 not nnfrequent feature is the occurrence of local swellings, espe- 

 cially involving the posterior part of the body, and an interesting 

 question for solution by future enquirers is whether the camel, 

 like the ox, suffers from a form of true external anthrax (Emphy- 

 sema infectuosum) due to a distinct bacterium differing from that 

 of the internal form of anthrax. Sooner or later in the attack, 

 after continuous shivering collapse sets in, the animal lies on the 

 ground raises its head occasionally or bends the neck and throws 

 the head backwards, maintaining that position persistently until 

 death occurs. Prognosis is always unfavourable. The natives 

 consider the disorder quite incurable, although they give certain 

 medicines such as gugal, gnr, aromatic substances, and the seeds 

 of Lepidium Sativum. They sometimes try the effect of the 

 actual cautery, burning a line all round the body or branding 

 across the spine, and a certain amount of curative virtue is some- 

 times found in the fresh blood of a goat. European methods for 

 treatment of blood diseases have hitherto been but little tried for 

 the camel, Burke considers he has obtained good results from use 

 of carbolic acid and oil but his views need to be confirmed; he 

 has pointed out au interesting secondary condition worthy of 

 attention in the treatment of this affection in that there occurs a 

 ''fever of re-absorption,^^ the temperature rising to 101°, 102°, 

 and 103° on the third, fourth, and fifth days after apparent 

 recovery (Veterinary Journal, January 1886). Often there is 

 absolutely no time for treatment the animal being admitted in the 

 moribund state. Treatment of a preventative nature is, therefore, 

 more to be relied on than curative measures. Pasteur's system of 

 Anthrax Vaccination has not yet been tried with camels, in so 

 far as I am aware, but Government ought to at once attempt to 

 reduce fatality by this means. The methods suggested, and en- 

 forced in so far as the emergencies of active service would allow, 

 by Oliphant in the Kuram Valley are as follows : — (1) division 

 of the total number of animals into several herds, (2) strict 

 attention to cleanliness and a general sanitary condition of the 

 camel lines, (3) supply of green food, (4) destruction of diseased 

 animals, and (5) the disposal of their carcases by fire. To these 



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