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is not so smooth as that which comes from 
foreign parts, there being always a_ vestige 
of the red shell in each grain. 
The weight and the alimentation were 
as follows: 
On the 21st. of August—weight: 1.260 grs. ate 80 grs. 
22nd. « — « 1.250 « « 55 « 
23rd. « — « 1.220 « « 55 « 
24th. « — « 1.230 « « 100 « 
25th. « — 4 1.225 « « 40 « 
26th. « A 1.105 « « 60 « 
27th. « — « 1.220 « « 80 « 
28th. « — « 16170 le tic UTAD à 
29th. « eso 1.175 « « 40 
30th. « — « 1.160 « « 40 « 
31th. « — « 1.160 « « 60 « 
ist. of September— « 1.140 « « 50 « 
2nd. « — «€ 1.140 « « 40 « 
3rd. « ——¢ IAB e 354 
4th. « == 1.080 « « 20 « 
5th, « — « 1.055 « « 5th. « 
6th. « — e 1.040 « « 0 « 
Tth. « — « 1020 Due ia 0 
The bird found great difficulty in flying 
and seemed very sad. 
On the 8th. of September the weight was 
1999 ors. It ate 5 grs. and was still sad. It 
could not fly, when greatly excited, but ran. It 
tried to lie down continuously showing great 
weakness in the legs, as is seen in fig. 3. It 
stepped like people with beriberi. 
On the 19th. of September the weight 
was 980 grs. It ate nothing and kept lying 
down, walking with great difficulty as can 
be seen (fig. 4,) opening its legs very wide 
to walk. 
On the 10th. of September the weight 
was 965 grs. it ate nothing but was fed by 
gavage on 18 grammes of rice to avoid ina- 
nition. 
On 11 th. of September-weight 955 grs. gavage 40 grs. 
12 th. « « « 975 « Cie AQ ds 
33 th. « « < 085 « « 40 « 
The ataxy phenomena were accentuated. 
The food stayed in the crop without being 
digested. 
On the 14th. of September the weight 
was 995 grs. No gavage was made ; the crop 
was still full of food. 
On the 15th. of September weight 995 
grs. No gavage. Crop full. 
On the 16th. of September weight 990 
grs. Gavage 40 grs. Increase of paralysis. 
Kept lying down. 
On the 17th. September weight 980 grs. 
Gavage 40 grs. 
On the 16th. of September weight 980 
grs. No gavage. Crop full. Food not diges- 
ted. 
On the 19th. of September the weight 
was 980 grs. No gavage. The extensors were 
completely paralysed, the feet permanently 
bent. Crop quite full of focd administered 
before. 
On the 20th. of September the weight 
was 980 grs. No gavage. 
On 21st. September the weight was 960 
gts. No gavage. Crop still full of food. Total 
paralysis. Cyanotic crest. Slight convulsions 
of the wing-muscles. Death. 
Fig. 5 the photograph of a hen dieted 
with polished raw rice. (Hen n. 15). 
From this we deduce that the birds eat 
raw rice for some days with a good or even 
exaggerated appetite. From the 20th. day on, 
the want of appetite increases, becoming 
quite absolute between the twentieth aud 
thirtieth days when the morbid phenomena 
become accentuated. 
Fowls get polyneuritis more quickly than 
pigeons when fed on polished rice sterilised 
at 120° for an hour. Their want of appetite 
is almost absolute in the first 19 days. The 
loss of weight is also considerable. The beri- 
beri symptoms appear on the 15th. day, pa- 
ralysis on the 17th and death on the 19th. 
Death may be said to ensue from inanition, 
for the fowls refuse to eat. 
As the fowls seemed to find rice disa- 
greeable, we resolved to feed them on Indian 
corn which they seem to like better, and 
which, though sterilised, does not lose its 
organoleptic qualities. 
A group of fowls was dieted on In- 
dian corn sterilised in the autoclave at 1200; 
The morbid phenomena of beriberi appeared 
after the 20th. day, the want of appetite ap- 
