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 hurts of anv sort on the shins, disable the carriers from 



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time to time. But, in general, wounds heal well and 

 quickly with them, when properly treated, owing to their 

 extraordinary capacity for making " new flesh." Corrosions 

 with carbolic acid prove specially effective for the ulcers 

 in the lower part of the thigh which frequently occur 

 unions^ the Masai men ; though these when treated by 



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the native " medicine men," and covered with bark, often 

 have a very alarming aspect. 



When the caravan had made a halt and camp was 

 pitched, there constantly arrived a number of patients to 

 ask for my assistance. I cannot remember ever having 

 sent away a single man, although the patience of the 

 traveller, when he is fatigued or ailing, is often put to 

 a very hard test in this way. 



" Bwana, kubwa, nakata daua ! " 



" Master, I should like some medicine ! " Over and 

 over again one hears it. And then it is a question of 

 giving aloes to one, and pills to another, castor-oil, 

 ipecacuanha, eye-salve or bandages or something else 

 to a third, while a vessel with antiseptic is always ready 

 for the treatment of wounds and other injuries. 



Another dreadful scourge are the sand-flies (Sar- 

 copsylla penetrans], which have only recently penetrated 

 to the coasts of East Africa. These parasites were 

 brought some decades ago from South America to the 

 West Coast of Africa. Following the caravan-routes, 

 they gradually spread to the Central African lakes, 

 where I found them in great numbers in the year 1896. 

 The tiny little sand-fly penetrates, at first unnoticed, 



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