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appeared better. On the 11th, it had lost its appetite, become emaci- 

 ated and showed general weakness and loss of muscular power. On 

 the following day at noon it was found dead, without having shown 

 any marked symptoms other than general depression of the muscular 

 system. 



The heart was found greatly distended on the right side, Inngs 

 normal and the liver small and congested, especially near the lower 

 edges of the left lobe. Kidneys were also small and congested. The 

 bladder contained quite a little urine, with considerable albumin and 

 sug^ar in it. 



Ex2yeriment III. 



This experiment was practically a duplicate of the preceding. An 

 albino buck was used and the uranium salt was forced down the 

 throat in gelatin capsules, as in the preceding experiments. The 

 table shows tlie amount of nitrate given and the character of the 

 urine each day. 



The first symptom noticeable was the suppression of urine for over 

 forty-eight hours. On the 2Vth, the animal was quite dull and showed 

 signs of general weakness. As he walked, he moved as if it caused 

 him pain in the lumbar region. On the next day he showed great 

 thirst, and he finally died on June 1st, a loose diarrhcea setting in a 

 few hours before death. 



Post-mortem examination showed that the heart had stopped in 

 diastole, and that it was much distended with blood. Lungs were 

 normal. The liver was congested, as were also the kidneys. The 

 latter had non-adherent capsules. The stomach contained consider- 

 able undigested food, and its mucous membrane was partly disinte- 

 grated. Portions of the duodenum were somewhat congested. The 



