PROTEIN FEVER 



383 



By 10 P.M. the temperature had fallen to 103.4 and the 

 next morning the animal was apparently normal. Twenty- 

 six days later this animal was treated in the same way, 

 with fatal results. Fig. 15 shows the curve for both 

 treatments. 



FIG. 15. Acute fever produced in a rabbit by intravenous injections 

 of egg-white. The continuous line represents the temperature in the 

 non-sensitized animal. The broken line represents the temperature in 

 the same animal, sensitized. 



Group II. The dilution used contained 13 mg. of protein 

 in each cubic centimeter. 



