And if he was afflicted by it, God healed him with this treatment. The time is near, and this disease is more prevalent in Darfur than in the Valley. So much so that in the Valley, no one is heard to have been afflicted by this disease. And when its prevalence is mentioned, it is said that whoever is afflicted by it believes that by infecting others, what he suffers from will be lessened. He does not realize that even if he infects a hundred people, what he suffers from will not decrease. The wind is the same for them, whether it is a woman or a man, it infects many people. Therefore, it is common among them. And in Darfur, although it was common, there were some among them who did not call it a disease, so they infected others, and this was few. And some of them would hide from this and stay in their homes until they recovered, and this was many. So it was common among them. As for the Valley, whoever was afflicted by the disease stayed in his place until he recovered, so its occurrence was rare. And among the diseases is the white flux, and similar to it is the "Al-Haboub," which is a discharge from the lower abdomen of a woman or man. It is most common in women. They say that these are contagious. Among the prevalent diseases is leprosy, which is the decay of the flesh of the hand and fingertips, as well as vitiligo, which is less common. Among them is "Abu Al-Sufouf," which is pleurisy. Their treatment for it is by scarification on the ribs. They make four or five rows of scars, each row with four or five cuts.