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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
junglCj well fettered and watched. The wound was as soon as 
possible bathed with strong phenyle and water, regularly dressed and 
healed in the usual manner. Nothing unusual beyond that the 
attendant considered the animal had got a little thin was observed 
till the 4th July, on which date the animal became exceedingly rest- 
less, refusing to eat or drink anything. On the 5th she frequently 
screamed and gave utterance to most unusual noises, also lying down 
at intervals. The seat of the bite was noticed to be swollen. No 
one could approach, as she was more or less unmanageable. A watery 
discharge dripped continuously from the trunk. 
On the 6th, the animal was very violent and made four desperate 
efforts to break away. She was continuously butting and kicking at 
imaginary objects, which from her circular motion were apparently 
following her from behind. Her condition was such that Mr. Bowden 
intended to shoot the animal. During the afternoon, however, her 
strength seemed to be flagging, and on approaching cautiously the 
mouth and tongue were noticed to be bluish in colour and a large 
quantity of sticky saliva was being discharged from the mouth. The 
end of the trunk was noticed to be raw. 
On the 7th, the animal appeared to regain strength, but about 
10 A.M. she went down, and started grovelling on the ground and 
(as narrated) snapping at the air. She rapidly became exhausted and 
died at i P.M. 
An account of a case is also contributed to the " Oriental 
Sporting Magazine" by Captain F. H. Hood, B.S.C., Volume III. 
Treatment. — Should an elephant chance to be bitten by a dog^ 
the wound should be thoroughly cauterized without delay with pure 
carbolic acid and dressed with carbolic lotion i in 40, or a very 
strong solution of lunar caustic, or the wound may be cauterized with 
a hot iron. Liquid caustics are preferable to solid. (Also see 
Formulae 57 to 60.) Soiled dressings should be burned. 
The elephant should be removed to a distance from habitations, 
well secured, and kept under constant observation. 
The early symptoms are excessive restlessness, trembling, convul- 
sive twitchings ; a desire to break away ; later on, inability to swallow. 
On the manifestation of any extraordinary behaviour, extra shackles 
.should be applied and the animal destroyed without delay. 
Tetanus or Lock-jaw. 
Definition.- — ^An infective disease due to the entrance into the 
blood of a poison generated by a germ, the tetanus bacillus. This 
disease is rare in these creatures. 
