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25th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 39,6°C. Hæmatozoa numerous. Temp, P.M.
39.5°C.
26th.—The animal is the same, the appetite is capricious. There is some swelling and
œdema of the under-surface of the abdomen in front of the sheath. There is
no diminution of the œdema in front and on the sides of the trachea. Temp. A.M.
41.4°C. The hæmatozoa are numerous in the blood. Temp. P.M. 40.3°C.
27th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 4l.l°C. Hæmatozoa numerous. Temp. P.M.
40.1°C.
28th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 39.6°C. Hæmatozoa numerous. Temp. P.M.
40.1°C.
29th.—The œdema and swelling at the seat of the injections is subsiding somewhat, but
there is considerable œdema of the sheath and still more of the penis which is
somewhat protruding. The weakness in gait is very noticeable and is parti-
cularly marked in the hind limbs. Temp. A.M. 39.7°C. Hæmatozoa numerous
in the blood. Temp. P.M. 40.1°C.
30th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 39.4°C. Hæmatozoa absent from the blood.
Temp. P.M. 40°C.
31st.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 39.8°C. Hæmatozoa absent from the blood.
Temp. P.M. 40.3°C.
1st January 1891.— Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 39.3°C. Hæmatozoa absent
from the blood. Temp. P.M. 39.8°C.
2nd—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.8°C. Hæmatozoa absent from the blood.
Temp. P.M. 39.5°C.
3rd.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.9°C. Hæmatozoa absent from the blood.
Temp. P.M. 40.2°C. The animal persistently stands, on account of the inability
to rise from the recumbent position without assistance. There is a certain
amount of swelling still remaining at the seat of the Iodine injections, which
now appears to be of a semi-solid nature.
4th.—Condition unchanged. Temp, a.m 38.8°C. Hæmatozoa are absent from the blood.
Temp. P.M. 39.9°C.
5th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.5°C. The hæmatozoa are few in the blood
and absent from the œdematous material in the neck. Temp. P.M. 38.7°C.
6th. — Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 38.5°C. The hæmatozoa are few in the blood.
Temp. P.M. 38.8°C.
7th.—The animal is weaker to-day and hardly moves a muscle of its body. Temp. A.M.
37.7°C. The hæmatozoa are numerous and torpid in the blood. Inoculated
two field rats (Nesokia providens), two pigeons and two fowls, each with 0.2c c.
of blood (in which numerous hæmatozoa were present) from the Jugular Vein
of this animal. Temp. P.M. 37.9°C.
8th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 37.6°C. Hæmatozoa numerous in the blood.
Temp. P.M. 37.6°C.
9th.—Condition unchanged. Temp. A.M. 37.7°C. Hæmatozoa numerous in the blood.
Temp. P.M. 37.6°C. The animal lay down at 7 P.M. and was unable to rise.
10th.—The animal is much weaker and will only live a few hours. Temp. A.M. 36.7°C.
Death at 10.30 A.M.
AUTOPSY at 11 A.M.
The body is somewhat emaciated. There is swelling and œdema of the under-surface
of the abdomen, and the extremities are also swollen and œdematous.
Trachea.—At the seat of the Iodine injections, there is a swelling commencing from the
cricoid cartilage and involving the upper cartilaginous rings of the trachea, extending from
the free edge, on the right side round the point of the tube to the free margin on the left
side. On section this swelling is found to be the seat of an abscess, the walls are several
inches thick and formed of alternate layers of the jelly-like material and fibrous tissue.
On opening the thorax, the lungs present a pale pink colour, the apices and the free
borders are the seat of well marked emphysema.
The superior and inferior surfaces are
dotted over with extravasations, varying in size and colour. On section the lung tissue
presents a dark colour, and on pressure a muco-purulent fluid exudes from the cut-ends of the
bronchial tubes.
Heart.—Externally presents numerous minute petechias and several larger extravasations
the size of a two-anna piece, one at the base of the heart, the other in the anterior furrow,
lying to the right of the coronary vessels. On section these extravasations are found to lie
underneath the visceral pericardium, but do not appear to invade the muscular structure of
the organ.