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have been deficient; have been below normal, and con- 

 sequently very little improvement has been made. 



Au^nist 13, 1900, there were 4,175,000 red cells in 1 

 ccm. of his blood. 



August 20, 1900, there were 4,550,000 red cells in 1 



ccm. of his blood. 



Au<.aist 23, 1900, there were 4,400,000 red cells in 1 



ccm. of his blood. 



August 17, 1901, there were 6,400,000 red cells in 1 



ccm. of his blood. 



September 26, 1901, there were 7,090,000 red cells in 1 



ccm. of his blood. 



The treatment of Admiral during the fever was di- 

 rected toward keeping the bowels active by using rectal 

 injections of warm water, and by giving, per mouth, 

 small doses of raw linseed oil, — creolin and tapping 

 being used to control bloating. Quinine in 30 to 120 

 grains doses were given every six hours to destroy the 

 micro-parasite which causes the disease. To keep up 

 heart action and tide over periods of great depression 

 and weakness, tincture of digitalis was given in 2 to 4 

 fluid, dram doses; also tinct. of nux vomica was used 

 to stimulate the heart. Gention was given as a stomachic 

 to improve the appetite and digestion after the acute 

 stage had passed; also tincture chloride of iron and 

 Fowler's solution of arsenic were tried, with the idea 

 that they would increase the haemoglobin and number 

 of red blood corpuscles. But no appreciable results fol- 

 lowed the use of the last two named drugs. 



Clemintina (see Table I), a registered red poll heifer, 

 bred in Illinois, was 1 year old when shipped to Auburn, 

 Ala., arriving Xovember 8, 1899, and then weighed 770 

 lbs. December 26 she was inoculated with 1 cc of de- 

 fibrinated blood. She had no primary inoculation fever, 



