ELEPHANT-POX. 
serious and tedious. The bowels should be kept regular with mild 
laxatives {see Formulae 23 to 28). 
During convalescence tonics should be given, such as — 
Common salt ... ... oz. 
Ginger ... ... i oz. 
Chirreta ... ... | oz. 
Aniseed .. ... 2 drs. 
Twice daily. 
Also 8 ounces of country spirit twice a day. . ., 
(For tonics see Formulae 39 to 46.) 
Note. — As this disease is more or less prevalent amongst the cattle in Burma 
the symptoms are given for ready reference. The disease attacks cattle, sheep, 
goats, pigs, etc., and man may contract it by drinking the milk of affected animals. 
The vernacular names for the disease are cgp<^Dg]^Di! {sha-na^ kiva-na). 
Symptoms.—Shiver'mg fit, fever, smacking of the lips, discharge of ropy saliva, 
vesicular eruption in the mouth, tongue, palate, gums, cheeks, sometimes also on 
the udder and where the skin is thinnest; stamping of the feet, lameness ; the 
eruption occurs in the form of vesicles around the coronet and between the claws. 
It sometimes happens that only the mouth is affected, at others only the feet, but 
usually both are involved. In sheep, goats and pigs the feet are more often 
affected than the mouth. 
Differential diagnosis — May in cattle be mistaken for rinderpest, but in foot- 
and-mouth disease there is an absence of dysenteric symptoms, which are invariably 
present in rinderpest. In foot-and-mouth disease the feet are nearly always 
attacked^ but never so in rinderpest. Both diseases may co-axist in the same 
animal, although this is rare. 
Elephant-pox. 
This is a specific fever characterised by eruptions somewhat 
similar to small-pox in man, but there is no evidence to prove that 
it is communicated from man or vice versa . The eruptions begin 
as pimples, then become blebs or blisters, with clear fluid contents. 
Later the contents consist of matter. Finally thev burst, leaving 
sores which tend to scab. 
Prognosis. — Good, especially in adults. 
Symptoms. — Fever with its attendant signs as mentioned under 
that condition and the eruptions above alluded to. I have seen only 
one case, namely, at Pakokku. This animal came in from the direc- 
tion of Gangaw. He was reported sick immediately on arrival. 
The mahout stated that the elephant had been out of sorts for some 
days, w^hen suddenly this heat " eruption appeared ; also that the 
animal was weak and listless. ' The elephant was in good condition, 
