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SPECIFICITY OF RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKI 



Record of Guinea-pig 40, inoculated with the viscera of 

 louse 1 of Box XXXVI 



The temperatures following 

 were as follows: 



May 







June 



24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 1 



102.4 

 102.2 

 101.8 

 102.4 

 101.8 

 102.2 

 102.2 

 102.4 

 101.8 



2 . . 102.2 



3 



4 

 5 

 6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



101.8 

 101.8 

 101.0 

 102.0 

 102.0 

 102.0 

 101.8 

 102.0 



the inoculation on May 24th 



June 11 101.0 



12 101.4 



" 13 101.0 



14 102.0 



15 102.2 



16 101.8 



17 No record 



18 102.4 



19 102.6 



20 No record 



21 102.0 



22 No record 



23 102.4 



24 No record 



25 No record 



26 No record 



27 . . 102.8 



On June 28th this guinea-pig was inoculated intraperito- 

 neally with 5 c.c. of blood from patient 814 (eighth day of 

 typhus). 



The subsequent temperatures were as follows: 



June 28 102.9 



29 No record 



" 30 102.7 



July 1 102.6 



2 No record 



3 104.2 



4 102.8 



5 102.4 



6 No record 



7 102.1 



8 102.1 



9 No record 



10 102.3 



11 . . 102.6 



July 12 102.4 



13 102.9 



14 103.7 



15 No record 



16 103.6 



17 103.6 



18 103.8 



19 103.2 



20 102.7 



21 No record 



22 102.6 



23 102.4 



24 102.1 



25 . . 101.7 



There is no record of an autopsy. 



