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Lungs.—The right lung is the seat of localized emphysema at the apex and free
edges. The left lung presents a condition of general emphysema throughout its whole
substance.
Spleen.—Small, healthy.
Liver.—Large, but apparently the tissues are healthy. There are some enlarged glands
in the abdominal cavity, lying in front, and to the left side of lumbar vertebræ.
Control Rabbit.—Inoculated 12th December 1890, died 28th January 1891, 47 days.
AUTOPSY.—Twenty
minutes after death.
Body emaciated.—Lungs—Localized emphysema of the apices and inferior borders.
Heart, distended with blood, no extravasations. Liver, Spleen and Kidneys appear healthy
to the naked eye, both externally and on section.
GUINEA-PIGS.
INJECTED WITH FILTERED BLOOD SERUM
10th December 1890.—Fresh blood containing numerous hæmatozoa was drawn from
Horse No. III. immediately after death, into sterilized glass vessels and set aside for several
hours in order to allow the serum to separate. The serum was then collected and forced
through one of M. Pasteur's porcelain cylinders.
Month and
Date.
1890.
December
10th..
11th...
*12th...
13th...
14th...
15th...
16th...
17th...
18th....
19th...
20th .
21st...
22nd...
23rd...
24th...
25th...
26th...
27th...
28th...
29th...
30th...
31st...
January
1st...
2nd...
3rd...
4th..
5th..
6th..
7th..
8th..
9th..
10th..
11th..
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18th..
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20th..
21st..
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23rd..
24th ...
25th...
26th ...
Guinea-Pig X.
Condition of blood.
Injected subcut. 2 c.c.
„
„
2
c.c.
...
„
„
2 c.c. ...
Hæmatozoa absent
„ „ ... ...
„
„
...
...
Great increase of white corpus-
cles. Hæmatozoa absent
„ „
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
numerous ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
very numerous.
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
numerous.
„
absent ...
„
numerous.
„
„
...
„
„
swarming...
„
numerous.
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
very numerous
„
swarming..
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
very numerous
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
Found dead at 6 A. M. ... ...
.........
.........
.........
Temperature °C.
A.M.
39.8
40.1
39.6
39.6
39.5
39.2
39.2
39.3
39.4
39.4
40.2
39.9
40.
39.3
39.1
39.7
39.6
39.5
39.3
39.5
39.7
39.2
39.2
38.3
38.6
38.8
38.8
39.2
39.3
39.
39.2
39.3
39.4
40.3
40.1
39.4
39.4
39.2
39.2
39.8
39.8
39.8
...
....
....
...
P.M.
40.1
39.3
39.5
39.4
39.5
40.
39.2
39.2
39.6
40.
40.1
39.8
39.8
39.5
39.1
39.7
39.8
39.7
39.6
39.8
39.3
39.8
39.5
39.1
39.2
39.2
39.3
39.4
39.6
39.8
39.6
39.3
39.7
40.3
39.8
39.5
39.6
39.4
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.1
...
....
....
....
Guinea-Pig Y.
Condition of blood.
Injected subcut. 2c.c.
„
„ 2 c.c. ...
„
„ 2c.c.
Hæmatozoa absent
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
Increase of white corpuscles
...
Hæmatozoa absent
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
few
„
few and active
„
numerous
„ „ ...
„
very numerous
„
numerous
„
few
„
numerous
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
few
„
numerous (torpid).
„
numerous
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
few
„ „ ...
„
absent
„
few
„ „ ...
„
absent
„
few
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
absent
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„ „ ...
„
few
„
absent
„ „ ...
„
few
„
absent
few
„
absent
„ „ ...
Temperature°C.
A.M.
39.3
39.4
39.6
39.9
39.5
39.1
39.3
39.8
39.7
39.9
40.4
40.
39.7
39.7
39.1
39.5
39.2
39.1
39.6
39.7
39.4
39.5
39.5
39.2
38.8
38.6
38.7
39.3
39.7
40.1
39.7
40.
39.8
40.2
40.
39.3
39.2
39.1
39.
39.9
39.9
39.6
40.2
39.3
39.6
39.3
39.5
P.M.
39.3
39.8
39.8
39.7
39.6
39.7
39.3
40.
39.9
39.3
40.5
39.5
39.3
39.2
39.2
39.4
39.2
39.3
39.9
39.9
39.9
39.8
39.8
39.4
39.5
39.3
39.1
39.8
40.1
39.8
39.9
40.
39.9
40.4
39.9
39.4
39.3
39.2
39.9
39.8
39.8
40.2
39.8
40.
40.2
39.2
39.9
* December 12th, 1890. 5 P.M. Inoculated each animal with .2 c.c. of blood containing numerous hæmatozoa, taken from Guinea-Pig
No. II of November 2nd, 1890. A third animal was inoculated at the same time to act as a control experiment.