63
TABLE LXIII.
BUFFALO II.
Showing the mean daily number of the different blood corpuscles in 1 c.mm., with the ratio to
one another, together with the percentage of Hæmoglobin for the periods massed together.
PERIODS.
Observation
.
Latent Period .
Paroxysms .
Intermissions .
Whole Period .
Hæmoglobin.
100
100.5
90.6
90.6
91.75
RED
COEPUSCLES.
WHITE
CORPUS¬
CLES.
COARSELY
GRANULAR
CORPUS¬
CLES.
HÆMATOZOA.
in 1 c.mm.
8,285,150
8,302,000
7,806,660
7,751,000
8,006,750
11,873
16,200
21,330
21,940
17,480
2,666
3,900
2,500
3,920
3,163
...
...
4,762
...
...
Ratio
White to Bed
Corpuscles.
1: 697
1: 512
1: 366
1: 354
1: 458
Ratio
Coarsely
Granular
Corpuscles
to White
Corpuscles.
1:
44
1:
4.1
1:
8.5
1:
5.5
1:
5.5
Ratio
Coarsely
Granular
Corpuscles
to Red
Corpuscles.
1: 3,107
1: 2,138
1: 3,122
1: 1,979
1: 2,531
Number of day.
33
5
15
31
84
TABLE LXIV.
BUFFALO II.
Showing the percentage of Corpuscles in the massed periods, taking the number in the
observation as 100.
PERIODS.
Observation
Latent Period
Paroxysms
Intermissions
Whole Period
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Hæmoglobin.
100
100.5
90.6
90.6
91.75
Red Cor-
puscles in
1 c. mm.
100
102
94.2
93.5
96.6
White Cor-
puscles in
1 c. mm.
100
136.4
179.6
184.8
147.2
Coarsely
Granular Cor-
puscles in
1 c. mm.
100
104.2
93.8
104.7
101.8
CORPUSCULAR CHANGES IN THE BLOOD.
Red Corpuscles.—A slight increase occurred in the latent period equal to a mean of 2 per cent.
During the paroxysms there was a decrease of 5.8 per cent. in their number and a still further
decrease during the intermissions, while for the whole period the loss was 3.4 per cent.
White Corpuscles.—There was a 36.4 per cent. rise in their number during the latent
period, which was still further added to in the paroxysms; but the maximum increase, 8.48 per
cent., was attained in the intermissions.
Coarsely Granular Oxyphile Cells.—Taking the mean daily number during the period of
observation as 100, there was an increase of 4.2 per cent. in the latent period, but a fall of 6.2
per cent. during the paroxysms. As soon as the organisms disappeared from the circulation,
and the temperature of the body fell to normal during the intermissions, a rise in coarsely
granular cells took place.
Hæmoglobin.—Co-existent with the slight rise in number of the red corpuscles during the
latent period, the Hæmoglobin percentage increased 0.5 above that found during the period
of observation, but during the paroxysms and intermissions there was a fall of nearly
10 per cent.
Remarks comparing the results obtained in the cases of Buffaloes I and II.
Two buffaloes, No. I, weighing 359 lbs., and No. II, 374 lbs., appeared in perfect health and
condition ; both animals were fed on hay only. The period of observation in the former
animal was 14 days, and in the latter 31. The animals were occasionally allowed to walk about
the yard, but were given no regular exercise. The quantity of urin excreted during the
period of observation was in the case of No. I, 1,250 c.c., in No. II, 1,040 c.c. ; there was a
marked decrease in the former case in the latent period and paroxysms, until in the inter-
missions the daily average was only 912 c.c. In the case of No. II exactly the reverse con-
ditions existed; there was an increase of 50 per cent. in the latent period, which was also main-
tained in the paroxysms and intermissions.