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temperature ranged between 103 and 105 until Septem- 

 ber 15, remaining above normal nearly all of the time 

 from August 19 to October 1. Thereafter there were 

 occasional or irregular rises in his temperature (see 

 his temperature record in Table II). When the high 

 fever began his urine became highly colored (port wine 

 color), and was excreted in large quantities; this condi- 

 tion continued for more than a week. The urine con- 

 tained a large quantity of albumen. 



August 11, about the beginning of the fever, his bowels 

 became inactive; he was first given Epsom salts, and 

 then raw linseed oil with rectal injections of warm 

 water, — the last being given three times per day. But 

 the moderate doses of purgatives and large enemas failed 

 to produce a normal action of the bowels for 14 days. 

 His bowels began to act August 26, and the feces were 

 very soft, dark in color and many times were covered 

 with gelatinous mucus. His appetite was almost en- 

 tirely lost ; he nibbled at bran, sorghum, hay and grass ; 

 but did not ruminate until he began to recover. Diges- 

 tion was almost entirely suspended. During the sus- 

 pension of digestion, fermentation and bloating were 

 controlled by giving internally dram doses of creolin 

 and by using the trocar and canula (tapping the ru- 

 men or pounch to let out the gas) . His weakness caused 

 him to lie dowm much of the time. About August 26 

 he began to improve, his appetite became a little better ; 

 rumination and digestion were resumed, and his bowels 

 "began to act freely ; yet recovery was slow and in fact 

 he has not yet completely recovered. Periods of improve- 

 ment and periods of depression have appeared irregu- 

 larly for twelve months. August 8, 1899, t^^o days be- 

 fore the fever began, he weighed 1027 lbs., and Septem- 

 ber 24, 805 lbs. ; March 30, 1901, 775 lbs. ; October 5. 

 1901, 905 lbs. His appetite, digestion and assimilation 



