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symptoms that an animal is very ill, althougli he may die 

 within a few hours afterwards. Owing probably to the want 

 of sensibility in their nervous system, they do not as a rule 

 show outward signs of internal disorders to nearly the same 

 extent as horses or horned cattle. When a veterinary surgeon 

 does not see clearly the proper way to treat a sick camel, 

 ■which will often be the case, judging by my own experience, 

 his safest course is either to leave him alone or to allow the 

 natives to treat him in their own way, which is often 

 effectual, although apparently brutal. 



Camels are liable to mange, lung disease, diarrhoea, 

 dysentery, coliCj anthrax, and fits, which are said to be pro- 

 duced by exposure to a very hot sun. 



The symptoms of the last-mentioned disease are walking 

 in circles, falling down, convulsive movements of the limbs, 

 and insensibility, lasting for five or ten minutes. It is very 

 fatal. In treating the disease the animal should be sheltered 

 from the sun and have a brisk purgative, consisting of three 

 to four drachms of croton-seed, followed by about half an 

 ounce of nitrate of potash night and morning. Of course 

 cold wet cloths should be applied to the head, and such 

 measures taken as would be advisable in treating the same 

 disease in other animals. 



For colic, give two quarts of ghi or sweet oil, or rather 

 more than one quart of castor oil. 



In (3ases of dysentery, commence the treatment with an oily 

 purgative, and afterwards give one drachm of opium and ten 

 grains of calomel, mixed with a quart of jelly made witli 

 boiled rice, three times daily for two or three days. 



Mange should be treated with a mixture of sulphur and 

 tara mera oil. The native owners know well how to apply 

 this. 



There is no difficulty in giving medicine to camels. They 

 are made to kneel down, and anything put into their mouths 

 is immediately swallowed. 



In handling camels, and putting them into boats or rail- 

 way carriages, the men who have been accustomed to them 

 are far more skilful than Europeans. In working them also, 



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