ANTHRAX.                            295

severe colicky pains which, gradually getting worse, continued
throughout the night and terminated in death at 9-20 A.M. the
following morning, 13th July.

NOTES.—6th July.—Elephant had no food from 6 P.M. on this
day until 6-30 P.M. the following day.

10th July.—Swelling appeared on neck, very slight and soft at
first, but gradually getting larger, harder and quite insensible before
death took place.

12th July.—Temperature, 12-30 P.M., down to 97.8° F. Urine
very much discoloured elephant seized with very severe colicky
pains, 5 p.m.

13th July.—Colicky pains continued ; 9-15 A.M. elephant fell
down ; 9-20 A.M. elephant died ; 9-25 A.M. specimen of blood taken
and examined under microscope.—Anthrax.

                    POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION.

If blood smears can be obtained shortly before or after death a
post-mortem is unnecessary. Whenever possible it is best to avoid
making one, as much harm is clone by soiling hands, cloths, and the
surrounding ground—a most important matter in connection with this
disease.

In all cases in which an animal has died or been found dead
from some unknown disease it should be remembered that before
undertaking this operation no attendants on healthy animals should
be permitted to handle the carcase or instruments. Some persons
who are not likely to come in contact with healthy animals should
be selected, and in Burma at least there is no difficulty about this.
The men chosen must be inspected carefully, and no one with
abrasions or scratches, however trivial, should be permitted to take
on the work. They should be made to rub themselves with carbolic
oil (1 to 20), and solutions of carbolic acid (1 to 40), or even
stronger, should be at hand to cleanse without delay any cut or
wound which may occur accidentally. Any such cut must be dressed
and the man forbidden to continue work.

After the operation the men engaged must be made to wash
their bodies, and especially their hands and feet, with carbolic lotion
(1 in 60 or 70) or weak phenyle lotion. Any clothes worn by them
had better be burned and their scanty wants in this direction renewed
by the employers. All instruments used must be washed in carbolic
lotion (1 in 40) and boiled before being restored to their cases.
And here I may remark that all instruments employed in any post-
mortem, whether anthrax or anything else, must be kept locked up,