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fact of the skin becoming diseased, dry, scaly, or erup- Affections 

 tive (abnormal, in fact), the hair starring or falling off and hair 

 seems to my unprofessional mind a clear indication, 

 the skin in this case simply acting as an organic 

 barometer, and each specific affection being a register 

 of the actual state of the internal organs. 



That these scorbutic affections are further aggra- Dry food 



, , . f . T f , and grain 



vated by an excessive amount ol gram 1 ieel positive, an aggra- 

 grain being to camels the equivalent that meat is to 

 us. That we as a nation eat too great a quantity of 

 meat and too little of vegetables, in hot climates more 

 especially, I have always considered. And in like ratio 

 we treat our camels. As with human beings, so with 

 animals. A green diet given judiciously acts on the Green diet 

 digestive organs, relegating health and vigour to the necessary 

 system ; while these in their turn react on the skin, 

 which assumes a normal condition, a clear, smooth, 

 soft, almost oily appearance, the hair becoming bright, 

 clean, and glossy. 



As the skin of the camel is deficient in perspiratory Also arti- 

 follicles and ducts, it is all the more necessary to give assistance, 



it all the artificial assistance possible to enable it to act 

 properly in the elimination or expulsion of secreta. theskm 

 This is all the more evident because this deficiency in 

 itself would seem to indicate a normal condition of con- 

 gestion. Therefore the drier the food, the less water, 

 and the greater the work you give them, it is only too 

 manifest that you not only diminish the opportunities 

 of, but actually prevent the skin from fulfilling its 

 functions by clogging up the pores. The immediate 

 result is that these openings, already too few in number, 

 are closed. The digestive organs get out of order, the 



