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 SUL 419 and ulceration of the mouth, with occasionally a pustular eruption on the skin. On examination after death the bowels are found to be congested and ulcerated, and this is all that is usually observed. The disease would seem to be always more or less prevalent in the district, and to have its seasons of dormancy and activity like small-pox in the human being to which it bears some resemblance. It is very fatal; but in the absence of statistics it is impossible to say anything definite regarding either its prevalence or the rate of mortality amongst the animals attacked. It may, however, be stated that it is not nearly so fatal as the same disease in Europe. Notwithstanding that the disease is so evidently spread by contagion, the owners of cattle do not seem to make any attempt to separate the sick from the healthy. Nor do they, as a rule, attempt any curative measures. The “ stamping out” of the disease by killing the diseased animals is of course out of the question in a Hindu community, por would it be justifi- able, as a large proportion of the animals recover. Fairs. There are no large fairs held in this district, and the few local gatherings that take place cannot have much effect in propagating dis- ease, as they do not in any instance last more than a day, and are chiefly attended by the people of the neighbourhood. Indigenous drugs.--The following is a list of some of the most important of the indigenous medicines found in the district :- Native name. English or scientific name, Therapeutic action. Per + . Adrak Afíun Amiltas ka phúl Ananta Mú? et 10 019 99 Anár ka jar ka chilka Babúl ka gond Bel gari Dhatúra @o 124 ve Ginger ... Stimulant and carminative. Opium Sedative, narcotic, &c. Casaia palp Purgative. Hemidiemus Indicus Alterative, diaphoretic, diq. retic, tonic. . Pomegranate root bark Anthelmintic, Demulcent, Astringent. Dhatura alba Anodyne and antispasmodic. ... Tamariod fruit... ... Laxative and refrigerant. Colocynth (pseudo) Purgativc. ... Black seed (pbarbitis nil), Ditto. tic. • Sal ammoniac. ... Alterative. Mint Carminative. ... Refrigerant, ditretic, and diaphoretic. Imli C. . 60 Indráin Káládána Madár 016 890 200 Nauek dar Puding te .00 Shora 000
 * Gam Acacia
 * Bael frutt
 * Calotropis
 * A Iterative dlaphoretic eme.
 * Saltpetre