PROTEIN FEVER 



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Group I. The initial dose in this group was 1 c.c. of 

 egg-white diluted with an equal volume of physiological 

 salt solution and passed through a Berkefeld filter. Each 

 cubic centimeter of this dilution contained 26 mg. of protein. 

 The doses were increased by 1 c.c. at each repetition, which 

 was hourly. 



In rabbit No. 2 the highest temperature of the fore period 

 was 101.4. The following table shows the results: 



Time. 



8.00 A. 



9.00 

 10.00 

 11.00 

 12.00 



1.00 P. 



2.00 



3.00 



4.00 



4.30 



5.00 



Dose in c.c. 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 

 



Temperature. 

 100.8 



103 

 104 



104.6 

 105.4 

 105.6 

 106.1 

 105.2 

 102.2 

 100.5 

 Death 



This animal died with a sudden convulsive movement. 

 The urine of the day and that in the distended bladder after 

 death was tested for albumin with negative results. Fig. 14 



100 - 



XFIRST INJECTION OF SERIES 



-fDEATH 



FIG 14. Acute fatal fever produced in a rabbit by repeated 

 .intravenous injections of egg-white. 



