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Temp. 5 P.M. 39.5°C. P. 52. R. 50.
4th.—The animal is not so well this morning, being dull, the appetite however
remains good, and all œdema of the abdomen, sheath and legs has completely disappeared.
The bowels are slightly constipated and the fæces present a glazed appearance.
The blood contains no hæmatozoa, but presents numerous protoplasmic bodies, the
red corpuscles do not collect together into rouleaux. Temp. 39.7°C. P. 44. R. 42.
Urine—Sp. Gr. 1,015. Is dirty pea-soup in colour, alkaline and no albumen.
Arsenic the same as yesterday; Alkaloids three and a half drachms. The animal also
received Magnes : Sulph. 3iv in a draught as a laxative. The animal is allowed to graze
morning and evening in the compound.
Temp. 1 P.M. 39.8°C.
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5 P.M. 40.1°C. P. 52. R. 48.
5th.—The animal remains dull to-day. The laxative produced two fairly-soft evacua-
tions but the fæces became slightly hard in the evening ; the appetite remains good and
the animal rested well during the night.
The blood contains no hæmatozoa, but there are still protoplasmic masses dotted
about, although it is clearer than yesterday.
Temp. a.m. 40.l°C. P. 60. R. 44.
Urine—Sp. Gr. 1,014. Is dirty pea-soup in colour, alkaline, but no albumen is present.
Arsenic same as yesterday, Alkaloids increased to six drachms.
Temp. 1 P.M. 40.5°C.
„ 5 P.M. 40.3°C. P. 64. R. 44.
The animal is still allowed to graze morning and evening in the compounds
6th.—The animal still remains dull, but the appetite is good and he lay down
during the night; the bowels are somewhat constipated, and the urine, Sp. Gr. 1,014, green
pea-soup in colour, alkaline, on microscopical examination was found to contain epithelial
casts and a small number of red blood corpuscles. There are slight symptoms of kidney-
disorder, the animal being uneasy and paddling with its hind feet. The blood contains no
hæmatozoa and is much clearer, but there are some irregular amæboid bodies present.
Temp. A.M. 40.5°C. P. 51. R. 30.
The Arsenic was increased to sixteen grains during the day and the Alkaloids reduced
to four drachms. Temp. 1 P.M. 40.8°C.
Temp. 5 P.M. 40.7°C. P. 64. R. 32.
7th.—The animal is very dull this morning and there is high fever ; he is restless, but
does not appear to be in much pain.
The appetite is poor and the visible mucous membranes are of a dirty greyish-yellow
colour, the bowels slightly constipated and the feces coated with mucus, probably indicat-
ing slight gastro-intestinal catarrh.
The urine has a Sp. Gr. of 1,012. Is green pea-soup in colour, alkaline with casts
present as yesterday.
Temp. A.M. 40.8°C. P. 52. R. 28.
Arsenic increased to eighteen grains and the Alkaloids as yesterday.
Temp. 1 P.M. 41°C.
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5 P.M. 40.8°C.
On microscopical examination the blood is seen to separate into small irregular masses
with white blood corpuscles dotted here and there between the red. In some of the masses
the individual red corpuscles are distinct, but in the greater part of the specimen the red
blood corpuscles appear to have run together and have either lost their individuality or it is
only after very careful observation that their outlines can be made out.
The white corpuscles are not increased in number, are mostly irregular in outline and
spiked like hedgehogs or echinoderms in outline, assume many shapes and some appear like
ciliated epithelium.
There are also colourless corpuscles which are filled with circular bodies, presenting a
double contour at their circumference.
8th.—The animal is still very dull, high fever, appetite fair, membranes of a dirty
yellow colour, fasces somewhat light in colour, glairy, thickly coated with mucus. The ani-
mal, since the fever increased, has rapidly lost flesh and is now in a very poor condition.
Urine—Sp. Gr. 1,014. Is green pea-soup in colour, alkaline ; casts are still numerous.
Temp. A.M. 41.1°C. P. 44. R. 11.
Arsenic was increased to twenty-two grains and the Alkaloids remained as before.