Warts. In-tsumpa.
Treatment a. The milk of the Isihlehle a species of Euphorbia is painted on the wart, [[69]]and causes it to wither. b. The juice (Incinde) which comes out of Sneezewood twigs (Um-tote) when they are burned is used similarly. c. When large, a fine piece of hide is firmly tied round them and they in time fall off.
Baldness. Ubu-Nquyi (a bald person In-Nquyi).
No treatment is used and a bald person is considered wise and eloquent in speaking, and likely to be rich; but curiously enough he is expected to become so by sly and cunning means not necessarily of a high moral standard.
There are few Bald Kaffirs.
Amaas. A disease fairly common amongst Kaffirs, occuring in epidemics and variously described by medical men as Small-pox i.e. in its severe forms, or chicken-pox, in its milder manifestations. Many hold that it is a disease sui generis.
The treatment adopted is the same as in a case of Smallpox.
Ringworm. a. The leaf pulp and yellow juice of the In-gcelwane (Aloe soponaria) is well rubbed into the patches. b. A paste of [[70]]the green berries of the Um-sobo (Solanum nigrum) similarly. c. A paste of the green berries of the Ubu vumba (Withania somnifera) d. The milky juice of the In-tsema, a large wild bulb.
The natives are very successful in their treatment of this disease, which is fairly common amongst them, and believed by them to be caught from a dog. Dogs are found everywhere where Kaffirs do congregate, and certainly, if one is to judge by the appearance of the curs one sees about a Basuto or Fingo kraal, they are a very likely source of skin disease.