THE 



CALCUTTA JOURNAL 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



The Natural History , the Diseases, the Medical Practice, 

 and the Materia Medica of the Aborigines of Brazil, by 

 Dr. Von Martius. Translated by John Macpherson, 

 Esq., Assistant Surgeon. 



(Continued from page 33.) 



Catarrhal affections. 



Catarrhal affections manifest themselves chiefly by diar- 

 rhoeas from the bowels, by pleuritic attacks, inflammation of 

 the throat, eyes or ears, and by Parotitis : but abdominal 

 affections are the most frequent. 



These catarrhal attacks are commonly ushered in by 

 fever : but the Indian is not on the whole much inclined to 

 such violent developments of nature's reactive powers. Pa- 

 rotitis produces the strongest febrile symptoms. It causes 

 violent constitutional fever, and the Indians are more afraid 

 of this than of any other disease, as it always ends in 

 tedious suppuration, at times in sloughing. 



The Indians who live in the western provinces, suffer most 

 from such catarrhal attacks, which often appear epidemi- 

 cally, especially after a dry cold south-west wind has blown 



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