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SOME TROPICAL TRAUMATISMS 



but the symptoms, signs, and treatment resemble those already 

 mentioned under the heading of traumatisms caused by the Car- 

 nivora, and need not be repeated. 



Among the Bovidae, the buffalo is very dangerous — e.g., Buffelus 

 indicus in India and Ceylon, and Bubalus brachyceros in Central 

 Africa — the danger being deep, penetrating wounds of the limbs, 

 chest, or abdomen, as well as severe punctured, lacerated, and 

 contused wounds in any part of the body. 



Fig. 8. — Camel Bite. 

 (From a photograph f^ven to us by Christopherson.) 



Here attention may be drawn to the fact that horses may become 

 affected with hydrophobia, which, in animals treated as family 

 pets, is a serious danger. The animal appears to be in great pain, 

 and is often thought to have colic ; it froths at the mouth and becomes 

 very savage, biting articles in its stable and kicking the wall in a 

 furious manner until weakness sets in. 



Kicks may produce serious contusions and wounds, as well as 

 injuries to internal organs. 



The Rhinoceri — Rh. indicus, Rh. javanicus, Rk. sumatrensis, Rh. africanus 

 — produce most serious punctured and lacerated wounds. 



Hippopotami are common in the rivers and lakes of Africa — e.g., H. am- 

 phibius and H. liheriensis. As a rule they are quite peaceful animals when 

 left alone, but, once attacked, they become dangerous, seizing the boat or 

 the persons in their huge jaws and crushing wood or flesh and bones into 

 shapeless masses. They are very courageous, and nothing but death will 

 stop the charge of one of these brutes. They will quickly stamp the life out 

 of any victim they catch on land. 



