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ononnously iiici't'iised by tlio jirovalcufc of inaiijve among its 

 camels. 



Treatment. — Primarily (.•oiu])ri<i's preventive and curative 

 measures ; these are of iMjual ini|)r)rtance, Init the former natnially 

 takes precetlencc. It comprises avoidance of introduction of tlie 

 disease, and preventiou of its spread when it has been unfor- 

 tunately introduced. Camels at place of shipment and at the 

 base of operations should have all showing signs of skin-disease 

 weeded out from among them ; but when the operations are in a 

 camel countiy it is almost impossible to avoid some cases 

 occurring from contagion in halting places, by animals captured, 

 and in numerous other ways. Thus constant inspection and 

 prompt isolation of skin-disease cases, purification of gear and 

 infected standings, destruction of old polluted gear, and non-inter- 

 cliange of pulans should be strictly enforced from the first, not 

 when the emaciated and mangey condition of the camels begins to 

 become conspicuous. The influences of bad feeding and water- 

 ing and defective grooming in generating mange should not be 

 forgotten either in case of the healthy or in treatment of the 

 sick, and the latter should earn their keep and improve their 

 chances of cure by working where they are not likely to come in 

 contact with the healthy, — a method which has, on several 

 occasions, been found to answer well. Every writer on this 

 important subject has his special method of treatnient ; we may 

 enumerate the principal which have come under our notice : — 



Leacli's inefJifid. — Cut off all the hair, apply tara mera oil or 

 sulphur 10 tolas with 4 lbs. kurwa oil over the whole of the body. 

 Allow to stand for three days in the sun, permitting to lie down 

 only at nights, and then only if a clean grassy spot can be found. 

 Again apply the oil and allow the animal to stand two more da^^s 

 in the sun, then take him to a pond and cover him from head to 

 foot with adhesive mud, which leave on for three days in the 

 sun. Then Avell scrape the animal with a curry-comb or pieces 

 of stick, wash perfectly clean with soap and warm water in warm 

 weather, but in cold rub thoroughly clean by means of a piece 

 of tut. On any signs of recurrence, (for the animal must after all 

 this be carefully watched) the spots which looks suspicious must 



