_Change of Diet and irregular Habits._―There is one very striking
difference between the semi-civilized native and the one fresh from
his original habits and mode of life. The one is more subject to
inflammatory diseases than the other, from which the former does not so
readily recover as the latter. Wounds and injuries of a very serious
character readily admit of reparation; for instance, a native falls
on a stake, which penetrated (by the side of the “sphincter ani”) the
bladder; he walked 10 miles, and arrived at hospital with a pendulous
coagulum at the mouth of the urethra. The catheter was used; urine and
blood escaped, and continued to flow for a day or two; in a week he
returned home quite well.
_Civilization increases the proneness to Disease and the facility
to succumb to its Power._―Skin diseases are more prevalent among
the natives than the settlers. Phthisis carries off a great number;
exposure to extremes is the cause. The subject requires to be treated
at full length.