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260 A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS.
Curative.—As in exhaustion, crushed ice if procurable should be
applied to the head and spine ; if not, continuous cold water appli-
cations. The state of the temperature of the body ought to be noted
at intervals. The patient may recover, but restoration to health
is very slow, and not infrequently paralysis in some form may
develop. Tonics are useful during convalescence.
Death may result in a few hours from failure of the action of the
heart, suffocation or from exhaustion following on the intense heat
and consequent failure of the vital powers of the body.
LIGHTNING-STROKE.
On one or two occasions elephants have been struck by lightning
and killed. The effects of lightning naturally vary with the inten-
sity of the flash : strong shocks result in immediate death by paralysis
of the nervous system, while weaker ones produce unconsciousness
and temporary paralysis. In many cases large or small areas of skin
are burned.
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| Description | "... a treatise on elephants". "The last edition of this book was published in 1901 ... The work has now been entirely rearranged."--Preface. Comprehensive work covering elephant appearance, general hygiene and care, gear, behaviour management, anatomy, non-infective and infective diseases, administration of medicines. Appendices list law cases, operations, age, breeding and surra. Many illustrations including photographs. |
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