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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
Mumps or Sore-throat. 
Causes. — Sudden chills and exposure to cold winds when heated. 
Symptoms. — Fever with its attendant signs : swelling about the 
throat and adjacent glands (parotids), difficulty in breathing and 
swallowing. In extreme cases the throat may be so involved that 
the animal may suffocate. Gilchrist states that in some cases food 
becomes impacted in the gullet causing mortification of this organ. 
Treatment : General. — Only allow gruels, linseed tea, boiled 
rice while there is any difficulty in swallowing ; protect the animal 
from the weather ; if he will take it, allow nitrate of potash in 
i-oz. doses in the drinking water. The following will be found 
useful : — 
To be mixed and well rubbed down with 8 ozs. each of honey and 
jaggery. It should be made into a thin paste. A little of this should 
be taken and rubbed in the mouth every hour or so. 
Local. — Enemas to relieve the bowels, frequent hot fomentations 
to the throat, and mustard or mustard and turpentine or other 
embrocation (Formulae 70 to 73) rubbed in. Steel recommends 
steaming through the mouth with infusions of nim leaves- (ooQDg|^(^, 
ta-ma-ywet — Melia azedarach). 
Definition. — Inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the 
air-tubes in the lung. 
Causes. — As in pneumonia. 
Symptoms. — If acute, fever with its attendant signs : cough, 
wheezing and laboured breathing. 
When chronic, symptoms are very similar ; only fever is usually 
absent. 
Treatment. — In acute cases as laid down for fever employing 
enemas in lieu of purgatives, supplemented by the following : — 
Extract of belladonna 
Powdered camphor 
Powdered chlorate of potash 
Powdered nitrate of potash 
Powdered liquorice 
4 ozs. 
I oz. 
Bronchitis. 
Ipecacuanha 
Camphor ... 
Squills (powder) 
Liquorice (powder) 
1 dr. 
2 drs. 
2 drs. 
I oz. 
Twice or thrice daily. 
