82 



Journal of Agricultural Research 



Vol. XX, No. i 



Table IX. 



-Progressive loss of weight of guinea piqs in experiments with echinacea in 

 the treatment of dourine 



Weights of guinea pigs treated 

 ■with fluid extract echinacea. 



No. 91. 



No. 92. 



No. 93- 



Weights of guinea pigs treated 

 ■with "Subculoyd Inula and 

 Echinacea." 



No. 94. 



No. 95- 



No. 96. 



Nov. 29. 



Dec. 1 . 



3- 



5- 

 8. 



*5- 

 17- 

 19. 

 22 . 

 24. 

 26. 

 29. 

 3i- 



Jan. 



Feb. 



3- 



5- 



7- 



9- 



12 . 



14- 

 16. 

 19. 

 21. 



23- 

 26. 

 28. 



3°- 

 2 . 



4- 

 6. 



13 



16. 

 19. 



Mar. 



24. 

 27. 



1919. 



1920. 



Gm. 



475 

 475 

 485 

 475 

 480 

 480 

 500 

 495 

 485 

 490 



485 

 465 

 45° 

 460 

 460 



45° 

 455 

 465 

 45° 

 455 

 435 

 415 

 410 



395 

 385 

 400 



39o 



385 



Gm. 

 5°5 

 505 

 5IO 

 500 

 5°5 

 51° 

 52O 



5 J 5 

 5 10 

 520 



5i° 

 505 

 495 

 480 



485 



470 

 475 

 485 

 470 



465 

 455 

 435 

 43° 

 435 

 4i5 

 4i5 

 385 

 355 

 320 



Gm. 



445 

 45° 

 465 

 465 

 470 



475 

 5°5 

 500 

 500 



525 

 490 



475 

 470 



465 

 465 



470 

 470 

 500 



485 

 500 



5io 



495 

 500 

 520 

 5°5 

 5*5 

 5 IQ 

 5 J 5 

 500 



495 

 480 

 490 



455 

 440 



45° 

 455 

 455 

 4i5 

 39° 

 37° 

 345 



Gm. 



435 

 445 

 455 

 440 



445 

 45° 

 445 

 45° 

 445 

 455 

 410 

 410 



43° 

 420 



405 



410 

 420 

 435 

 415 

 43° 

 445 

 420 

 410 

 365 

 340 

 325 

 305 

 315 

 3i5 

 295 

 295 

 3°5 



Gm. 

 400 

 410 

 415 

 425 

 420 



415 

 440 



42 5 

 43° 

 445 

 460 



435 

 440 



435 

 43° 



445 

 455 

 465 

 45° 

 460 



465 

 440 



45° 

 465 

 445 

 440 

 440 

 440 

 450 

 405 



560 

 57° 

 585 

 s6o 



555 

 570 

 565 

 565 

 565 

 55° 

 560 



535 

 495 

 500 



485 



480 

 480 

 480 

 470 

 460 

 435 

 395 

 365 



SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENTS WITH DOURINE 



Fluid extract echinacea and "Subculoyd Inula and Echinacea" were 

 tested as remedies in trypanosomiasis (dourine). Neither of these 

 preparations appeared to influence the course of the disease. They 

 certainly have no curative value. 



