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Measles', influenza, and dengife are easily confused, but if the planter 
will look about him he will frequently find assistance from the fact of 
certain diseases existing in the vicinity. 
Phthisis. 
Consumption is an infectious disease. Consumption is terribly 
common in this country. The disease is insidious, and occurs in many 
forms, affections of the lungs being perhaps the most common, but 
the disease when it attacks the intestines is very fatal. The internal 
organs are susceptible, and I have ample post-mortem proofs of its 
frequent occurrence here in this situation. Careful examination of 
coolies suffering from chronic cou'gh is most advisable, and the ex- 
amination should be carried out microscopically in order that no 
mistake can arise. In the future Government will, I have no doubt, 
erect consumption sanitaria, but for the present I consider that when 
a coolie is found to be suffering from this dread disease, that he should 
be immediately repatriated, as' the cheapest and best method of pre- 
serving the health of those who must associate with him in his work 
and on the lines while in this country. 
Hydrophobia. 
a A word or two about this shocking disease may not come amiss 
here. The disease is caused by the contact of the saliva of a rabid 
animal with a wound on, another animal (man included). 
It usually occurs as the result of the bite of any animal suffering 
from rabies. 
The first symptoms of the disease in the dog (which is the com- 
monest domestic animal affected) are: i. A change in temperament ; 
2. Restlessness, , < r ( . 
The stages of the^ disease have been divided as follows: — 
1. The premonitory or melancholic. 
2. The irritative or maniacal. 
3. The paralytic. f 
In the first, as I have stated, the dog’s general behaviour alters, if a 
lively individual usually, he becomes morose, inclined to snap, and to 
hide himself, as this stage progresses he is often observed to chew 
sticks, to eat pieces of stone, etc. 
He then becomes “mad,” symptoms of choking, spasms, or fits, 
take place, panting, difficulty of breathing, vomiting, and cough occur, 
he may run away from home, dnd sometimes they travel great 
distances, at this stage the diagnosis is generally easily made. 
The last stage is paralysis, his jaw drops, he can no longer swal- 
low, his back becomes paralysed, and the unfortunate animal dies, 
either in a convulsion or quite suddenly. 
The measures to be taken if one be bitten, or a wound of the skin 
come in contact with the saliva of such an animal, are: 1. Apply a tight 
