SECTION I.
NOMENCLATURE.
In almost every district a different vernacular name is given to this disease, for instance in Rájpu-
tána the disease in camels is known by three distinct names, viz. "Tebersa" meaning "three years
duration," "Sukul" and "Galtia" from the fact that one of the symptoms is rapid wasting, "drying
up" or "melting away" of the animal's body.
The following is a list of the vernacular names of this disease in different parts of the country, as
far as at present ascertained.' In addition English equivalents have been added, with a view to convey
an idea as to the literal meaning of the native terms. The inhabitants all over India generally name
a disease after the most prominent symptom of the malady observed in their locality, but it is by no
means easy at times to find the corresponding word in the English language so as to exactly convey
the correct meaning expressed by the vernacular term :—
India.
Name of Province.
Punjab
... {
North-West Pro¬{
vinces.
Bombay
...{
Rájputána
Throughout
In
South
Name of District.
Delhi
...
Rohtak ...
...
Hissar
Karnal ...
Umballa...
...
Ludhiana
Jallandher
Hoshiarpur
Ferozepur
Amritsar...
Lahore ...
Gurdaspur
Gujranwala
Jhelum...
Dera Ismailkhán
Mooltan ...
Saharanpur
Muzaffarnagar
Meerut ...
Broach ...
Baroda and Gujarát ...
Bikanir ...
Rajputan.a
Burma ...
Africa ...
Congo ...
Vernacular Names.
Zaharbad, Phenta, Sokra, Oal
(Camel Surra) Tebersa, Parana, and
Nikalgaya.
Gokra (in camels).
Phenta, Pheta-ká-darad, Tarai; Phit-
gaya (in camels).
Phenta, Phera
Zaharbad, Phenta; Purana (in camels).
Táp, Sokra, Zaharbad, Tap-dik
Wabai-ki-bokhar, Tap, Sokra, Zahar-
bad.
Tap, Andar-tap, Phenta, Marri, Soka,
Tape-dik, Sara, Sokra; Tebersa (in
camels).
Sokra, Gum-Zaharbad ...
Sokra, Zaharbad.
Sokra, Khusk-Zaharbad...
Pheta, Sokra
Sokra.
Sár, Camel Surra called Khanhog,
Doaia, Phipri and Surra.
Sár.
Pheta, Photra
Phetra
(Camel Surra) Purana, Phitgaya
Berbad
...
...
Zherbad
(Camel Surra) Tebersa, Sukal and
Galtia.
Galtah
Tebersa.
Thut.
Nygana.
La mouche.
English Equivalents.
Zaharbad = Blood-poison.
Phenta = Fatal.
Sokra = without flesh and blood
(skeleton).
Tebersa = Three years' duration.
Purana — Used up.
Nikalgaya = Passed away (hopeless).
Tarai — Wet, moist.
Phera = Bursting of abscent.
Táp = Fever.
Wabai-ki-bokhar = Epidemic fever.
Andar (within the body) Tap (fever).
Marri = Plague.
Sara = Rotten, foul.
Gum (concealed) Zaharbad.
Khusk (dry) Zaharbad.
Pheta= Fatal.
Sár = Rotten.
1st stage Khanhog=Refusing food.
2nd stage Doaia=Swelling over the
chest.
3rd stage Surra = Rapid waste.
Photra=Abscess.
Phetra =
Do.
Phitgaya=Gone phut (burst).
Berbad=On wind, wasted away, or
spoilt.
Zherbad = Poisonous wind or Miasma.
Sukal—Drying up.
Galtia=Melting away.
Derived from Gala, meaning throat, as
Gait ah is a form of Surra in camels
in -which the throat affection is one
of the prominent symptoms.
Tsetse fly disease.
SECTION II.
GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE.
As stated in Surra Report, Volume I, the geographical range of this disease is much wider than
was once imagined.
Among the first recognised districts in India were Dera Ismail Khán on the North-Western Frontier,
east of the Indus, where the disease has been known for generations, Asni near Rájanpur, Kohat, Upper
Burmah, the Island of Bombay, Konkan, Meerut in the North-West Provinces, in the Berárs, and in
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