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DONKEY No. I.—Entire, aged, but fairly healthy.
30th January 1893.—On admission:—The animal appears to be in fairly good health.
It has been hard-worked, and not well fed. The visible mucous membranes are pale, but
clear; the limbs fine. Temp. A.M. 35°C. P. 40. R. 12. On microscopical examination
the red corpuscles are found to form healthy rouleaux, the white corpuscles are normal as
regards size and number. There are a few large colourless lymphoid corpuscles, and the
eosinophile corpuscles are numerous. The blood is however free from nematodes and hæma¬
tozoa. Temp. 1 P.M. 36.2°C. Urine, turbid, bright-yellow in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,040, alkaline
contains no albumen, but numerous crystals of Carbonate of Calcium. Temp. 5 P.M. 38°C
P. 48. R.12.
31st.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 35°C. P. 40. R. 12.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 37.8°C. Temp. 5 P.M. 38.2°C
P. 44. R. 16.
1st February.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 35 . 4°C. P. 40.
R.12. The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 37.8°C. Temp. 5 P.M. 38.2°C
P. 48. R. 12.
2nd.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 35.4°C. P. 40. R.12.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 36.4°C. Temp. 5 P.M. 39°C. P. 56.
R. 20.
3rd.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 36.2°C. P. 40. R. 12.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 37.6°C. Temp. 5 P.M. 39°C. P. 56.
R. 16.
4th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 36°C. P. 40. R. 12.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 38.1°C. Temp. 5 P.M. 38.4°C.
P. 52. R. 16.
5th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 36.4°C. P. 40. R. 8.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 37.8°C. Temp. 5 P.M. 38.6°C.
P. 60. R. 32.
6th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 37°C. P. 44. R. 16.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 38.4°C. Urine, turbid, bright-
yellow in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,042, alkaline, contains no albumen but numerous crystals of
Carbonate and Oxalate of Calcium. Temp. 5 P.M. 38.4°C. P. 56. R. 24.
7th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 36.3°C. P. 40. R. 12.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 36.6°C. Urine, passed but none
collected. Temp. 5 P.M. 37.4°C. P. 44. R. 16.
8th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 35°C. P. 32. R. 12.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 35.8°C. Urine, passed but none
collected. Temp. 5 P.M. 37°C. P. 40. R. 16.
9th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 35.6°C. P. 32. R. 8.
The blood presents a healthy appearance. Temp. 1 P.M. 37°C. Urine, turbid, viscid,
bright-yellow in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,044, alkaline, contains no albumen but Carbonate and a few
Oxalate of Calcium crystals. Temp. 5 P.M. 37.2°C. P. 32. R. 12. 5-30 P.M. Inoculated
subcutaneously with 2.0 c.c. of blood containing numerous hæmatozoa taken from the Jugu-
lar Vein of Horse No. LXXXIV immediately after death.
10th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. There is no swelling or œdema at
the seat of inoculation. Temp. A.M. 35.6°C. P. 32. R. 8. The hæmatozoon is absent.
Temp. 1 P.M. 37.6°C. Urine, turbid, viscid, orange in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,054, alkaline,
contains no albumen, but Carbonate crystals. Temp. 5 P.M. 38°C. P. 52. R. 12.
11th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged. A slight thickening in the subcu-
taneous tissues can be felt at the point of inoculation. Temp. A.M. 35 . 6°C. P. 68. R. 12.
There are no hæmatozoa in the blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 36 . 8°C. Urine, turbid, viscid, orange
in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,054, alkaline, contains no albumen. Temp. 5P.M.37 . 4°C. P. 36. R 12.
12th.—The condition of the animal remains unchanged, with this exception that the
breathing is hurried but not laboured. There is no increase in the amount of subcutaneous
thickening at the point of inoculation. Temp. A.M. 35.6°C. P. 32. R. 12. There are no
hæmatozoa in the blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 38.2°C. Urine, turbid, viscid, orange in colour,
Sp. Gr. 1,060, alkaline, contains no albumen. Temp. 5 P.M. 38°C. P. 52. R. 16.
13th.—This morning the animal presents a bright appearance, and walks about as usual.
Temp. A.M. 36.2°C. P. 48. R. 32. The blood contains a few hæmatozoa. Temp. 1 P.M.
37.9°C. Urine, passed but none collected. Temp. 5 P.M. 38.2°C. P. 44. R. 20.
14th.—The condition of the animal is unchanged, with this exception that there are a
few small petechiæ, dark-red in colour, on the right .conjunctiva, Temp. A.M. 37°C. P. 44.
R.12. There are numerous hæmatozoa in the blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 38.4°C. Urine, turbid,
orange in colour, Sp. Gr. 1,038, alkaline, contains no albumen; crystals of Carbonate of
Calcium. Temp. 5 P.M. 39.2°C. P. 64. R. 16.
15th.—The general condition of the animal is unchanged. Temp. A.M. 40 . 1°C. P. 60.
R. 16. The hæmatozoa are very numerous in the blood. Temp. 1 P.M. 40.2°C. Urine,
passed but none collected. Temp. 5 P.M. 41°C. P. 68. R. 24. Notwithstanding the