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Nasal CATAi.-inr, (Knodkay <>r Snrdee , calKHl by Leacli 

 Klioorka, is donorcd by foviT, inditt'orent appetite, watery dis- 

 charge from mouth and nostrils succeeded by flow of mucous or 

 muco-purulent matter, coat dull and dry, evacuations slimy and 

 foetid, mouth sometimes full of frothy saliva. The disorder varies 

 much in severity, at times the bowels are a good deal out of order, 

 cough is generally jiresent. The ])atient must be clothed and 

 sheltered, also rested in some place free from draughts, or, if in 

 the open, native blankets must be piled on him. Then he must be 

 given stimulant-tonic medicine and draughts of conjee of cholum, 

 raggy, or cuiiiboo, as Gilchrist suggests; further the chest may 

 be fomented freely, as recommended by the same authority, 

 but we would hesitate before adopting his further advice to purge, 

 the utmost means we would suggest to be adopted for opening 

 the bowels being febrifurre doses of the salines and enemata. 



Laryngitis was one of the diseases reported as frequent among 

 camels on the Nile Expedition, the great extent of the mucous 

 membrane of the larynx of the camel being supposed to make 

 him very liable to this disoi'der. 



Cough (Karachna v. Dansna) is mentioned by Gilchrist under 

 Catarrh and he advises bleeding. Leach, however, and other 

 authorities suggest very different treatment, of which the fol- 

 lowing are examples : give hot sheep and bullock head broth ; 

 take of the Philiaria thowar cactus half a seer, cut it up into 

 pieces eight inches long, tie in a cloth, cover with mud and place 

 for an hour in hot ashes, after taking it out break it up and give 

 with gur, one seer, daily for three days ; or soak four chitaks of 

 Kaliziri in a seer of tobacco water oi* hooka pani for twelve hours 

 and give the mixture daily for a week ; or take of Kattheli, cut into 

 small pieces and of ak leaves, each half a seer, and give it with 

 two chitaks of huldi in water daily for three days. It will be 

 observed that mysterious as these three native methods seem they 

 really amount to taking care of the animal for three days and 

 giving him aromatic stimulant and narcotic medicines which 

 could be represented by the following dose, nitrous ether, one 

 ounce; extract of belladonna, one drachm ; tincture of ginger, four 

 ounces, in water one quarr. 



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