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with its bag of eggs, the air comes m contact with the exposed 

 surface and causes a smarting sensation. A httle unguentum acidi 

 borici, iodoform, or any other antiseptic, effects a speedy cure. 



With very foul ulcers on natives, I have found direct applica- 

 tion of pure carbolic acid to answer best, followed by ordinary 

 antiseptic dressings. 



I found the hospital arrangements at Alasindi thoroughly 

 suitable for native requirements, but the grass-thatched fence 

 which enclosed the hospital grounds was very short-lived and 



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A HOSPITAL-HUT AT MASIxNDI. 



required constant repair. Major Thruston, with his usual 

 courtesy, at once placed a number of labourers on daily duty 

 at the hospital and thus kept the place in good condition. He 

 added a new wing for all the contagious cases, besides putting 

 up a separate enclosure and hut, some distance off, for small-pox 

 patients. 



Small-pox is endemic in Uganda, and every now and again 

 becomes epidemic. I lost one patient, a Soudanese soldier, 

 during the epidemic of 1894 at Kampala ; his was confluent 

 variola. I had several cases in Unyoro, but they were all of 

 a mild type. 



