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they seem to suffer more from diseases of inflammatory 
or of asthenic type ? 21. Do the natives endure cold 
well, or heat, especially the direct rays of the sun ? 22. Do 
the natives suffer from pulmonary consumption ? If 
so, is it particularly prevalent in certain localities or under 
particular conditions of life 1 23. Are any of the following 
diseases common ? State their frequency and anything 
peculiar observed in connection with them — epilepsy, 
neuralgia, rheumatism, gout, heart disease, asthma, bronchitis, 
pneumonia, pleurisy, scarlet fever, measles, typhus, typhoid, 
small pox, diarrhsea, dysentery, yellow fever, leprosy, yaws, 
beri-beri, &c. ? And how are these diseases treated ? 24. Do 
the people suffer from febrile diseases attributable to malaria 
or climate, such as ague or remittent fevers ? Do different 
tribes differ in their susceptibilities to such fevers and how do 
Europeans or people of mixed breed compare with them in 
this respect ? 25. Is tooth-ache common, or is caries in the 
teeth observed ? 26. Describe the chief symptoms and 
course of any disease which is peculiar to the natives. 
27. Have you observed any hitherto unknown disease'? If 
so, describe its symptoms and post-mortem appearances if 
possible. 
E. W. F. 
No. VIII.—SURGERY. 
But little information of a valuable nature, so far as surgery 
is concerned, can be acquired by a traveller unless he is 
prepared to sift most carefully any statements which he 
hears, as to the causes of the conditions that are met with. 
It cannot be too often insisted on how needful it is that all 
observations should be accurately recorded at the time they 
are made. The date and place of the observation in each 
case should be duly registered. Great care must be 
taken to distinguish between isolated instances and frequent 
occurrences, and hearsay evidence separated as far as possible 
from the results of personal observation. 
