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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
Case No. 12. — The following symptoms were detailed by the 
sergeant in charge : — 27th of June, 4 P.M., was observed to be 
limping when brought from shed to feeding-place ; ate rice and straw ; 
no sleep during night and ate very little. Favoured left hind-leg on 
account of pain. 28th of June. — Swelling on right of penis was 
observed early this morning ; animal drags left hind-leg ; ate charah 
freely from 9-30 to 10 A.M. Urinated at 9-45 A.M.; urine of whitish 
colour, but without pain ; ate and drank and seemed better. 29th 
June. — No sleep during night ; swelling increased ; grew worse 
between 8 and 9 A.M. Tumour greatly enlarged since morning. At 
9- 10 A.M. lay down, biting trunk from pain. About this time 
Veterinary-Surgeon Frost opened the tumour. Elephant died at 
10- 10 A.M. 
Case No. i 3. — This elephant, No. 86, was taken ill at six o'clock 
on the evening of the 6th July 1906, when he stopped feeding. He 
was seen at 9 P.M. on that day, when he appeared to be suffering 
from very severe colic, for which he was treated. 
The elephant was very dull, abdomen very much distended ; he 
yawned a great deal, breathed very heavily, frequently put his trunk 
in his mouth, and swayed from side to side almost to the point of 
falling. His temperature at 9 P.M. was 99° F., but at midnight it 
had risen to 102-8° F. 
The following is a record of temperatures taken daily during the 
animal's illness : — 
6th 
7th 
8th 
9th 
loth 
litb 
I2th 
13th 
Date. 
Tempera- 
ture. 
1 07/8 
102 
loi 2 
101-8 
100-8 
99-6 
Tempera- 
ture. 
99 
102-8 
102-8 
101-8 
101-8 
J01-4 
1008 
98-2 
On the morning of the 7th, although the temperature was the 
same as the previous night, the elephant seemed to be better. He 
was not quite so dull and had stopped rolling his body from side to 
side. At 6-30 P.M. on this day he was distinctly better, and again 
commenced feeding, having been without food for over 24 hours. 
This improvement in the elephant's condition continued steadily 
until 5 P.M. on the 12th July, when he was again seized with very 
