Through Uganda to Mount Elgon . fever is not known; butit has been suggested that frequent attacks ofmalarial fever predispose the patient to black-water fever. Another suggestion is that theconstant use of quinine is responsible for thebreaking down of certain blood-vessels in thekidneys. Against these are the statements of reliablemen who declare that they have never hadmalaria but have had attacks of blackwater; 132 Uganda to Mount Elgon and for the second suggestion, that only by theconstant hypodermic injections of large doses ofquinine was the temperature lowered and theblackwater stoppe
Through Uganda to Mount Elgon . fever is not known; butit has been suggested that frequent attacks ofmalarial fever predispose the patient to black-water fever. Another suggestion is that theconstant use of quinine is responsible for thebreaking down of certain blood-vessels in thekidneys. Against these are the statements of reliablemen who declare that they have never hadmalaria but have had attacks of blackwater; 132 Uganda to Mount Elgon and for the second suggestion, that only by theconstant hypodermic injections of large doses ofquinine was the temperature lowered and theblackwater stopped. Although no positive cure has been declared,it is interesting to note that out of thirteencases. Dr. A. R. Cook, of the Hospital,Uganda, lost only one, and that one hope-less from the beginning because of compli-cations. His brother, Dr. J. H. Cook, has beenequally successful, and their medicine andmethod of treatment have been supplied toevery mission station, Anglican and RomanCatholic, throughout the THE KING OF UGANDAS OFFICIAL DRUMMER. CHAPTER VII UGANDA: ITS PAST CONDITION The amazement of travellers—Stanleys expectations—Con-centrated cruelty—Mtesas smiling welcome—The peopleof Uganda—System of government—Social life—TheBahuma—Native wine—The other side of the picture—Mtesa, the causer of tears—Mwanga, a cruel son of an evilfather—Alexander Mackay— The dark places of theearth —Effect of missionary effort—Expulsion of mission-aries—Murder of Bishop Hannington—Growth ofMohammedanism—Influence of native Christians—Rebellion, capture and death of King Mwanga—KingDavid—Light and liberty. FROM the days of Speke and Grant to thepresent moment, every traveller whoenters Uganda is amazed. To reach it he has travelled through othercountries and seen many peoples, but none justlike these. From the coast to the Lake it wasmore or less chaotic, untutored savagery ; butnow he is face to face with a highly developedsyst
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