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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
Treatment.- — In cases where the temperature and pulse are more 
or less normal and the mucous membranes not injected, enemas 
should be frequently administered and a dose of medicine given to 
evacuate the bowels. Any of the following may also afford relief : — 
No. I. 
Aniseed ... ... ... ... i oz. 
Ginger ... ... ... ... i oz. 
Rock salt ... ... ... 2 ozs. 
To be repeated if necessary. 
No. 2. 
OmuiT! ... .„ ... ... I oz. 
Ginger ... ... ... ... i oz. 
Assafoetida ... ... ,., \ oz. 
Whisky or other stimulant ... ... 8 ozs. 
To be repeated if necessary. 
No. 3. 
Powdered green ginger ... ... 2 ozs. 
Black pepper ... ... ... | oz. 
Aniseed ... ... ... ... i oz, 
• Whisky or brandy ... ... ... 8 ozs. 
To be repeated in two hours if necessary. 
If it can be given, four ounces of turpentine beaten up with eggs, 
milk, a little bicarbonate of soda added and mixed with a pint of 
castor or raw linseed oil may be of service. 
In cases where fever is present no purgatives should be used, 
enemas of hot or cold water only being administered. 
Tympanites and Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia. 
The following is an extract from an article by Von Dr. H. Jacob- 
Miinchen which appeared in the Berliner Tierarztliche Wochen- 
schrift," No. 43, dated the 22nd October igo8 : — 
" An elephant, one year old, after breaking loose, gorged 
himself with hay, yellow carrots and freshly-baked black bread, was 
taken ill. 
Symptoms. — The trunk, the most moveable organ of an 
elephant, hung motionless. On touching it there was an absence of 
sensation. The mucous membranes of eyes, mouth, openings of trunk 
appeared anaemic. In consequence of the rectum being protruded the 
temperature registered was 35*5° C. (95' 9° F.). The beats of the 
