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pound of green material between 9 a. m. and 10 : 20 a. in. He was sick 

 at 10 : 30 a. m. ten minutes afterwards. Breathing through the mouth 

 was very audible ; and the animal was soon down on its side. The 

 respiration was 50, temperature 101.4. He lay on his side with dif- 

 ficult breathing and series of spasms at frequent intervals until shortly 

 before death, which occurred at 10 : 55 a. m., thirty-five minutes after 

 feeding. 



The autopsy showed small hemorrhages of the heart; all other 

 organs appeared normal. Because of regurgitation shortly before 

 death, the lungs contained food material. 



Case No. 7 No. 60. 



A ewe weighing 94 pounds was fed 8 oz. of the dry leaves at 4 p. m. 

 At 4 : 50 p. m. she was down and unable to rise. Peculiar jerky move- 

 ments of the head took place. At 5 p. m. she began having a series of 

 convulsive spasms at intervals of four or five minutes until death, 

 which occurred at 5 : 50 p. m. Just before death she vomited a little. 



Autopsy showed slight inflammation of colon; severe congestion of 

 both lungs ; slight hemorrhages in the endocardium of the ventricles. 



Case No. 8 No. 37. 



A ewe weighing 83 pounds was fed 12 ozs. of the dry leaves between 

 4 : 20 p. m. and 4; 45 p. m. At 5 : 30 p. m. she was dull and could 

 hardly be induced* to get up. Slight jerky movements of the muscles 

 of the head and neck took place, becoming more pronounced until 7 : 20 

 p. m. When next observed, at 9 : 30 p. m., she was much better, being 

 up and walking about, but still very much indisposed. Next morning at 

 8 a. m. she appeared to have fully recovered. 



Case No. 9 No. 58. 



A ewe weighing 101 pounds was fed 4 ozs. of the dry leaves between 

 10 and 11 : 30 a. m. At 5 : 15 p. m. she was breathing rapidly, the 

 respiration being 150 per minute. This condition lasted until 7 p. m. 

 No other symptoms were observed. Next morning she was eating a 

 little hay ; at 9 : 30 a. m. the following day she appeared to have fully 

 recovered. 



Case No. 10 No. 54. 



A ewe weighing 115 pounds was fed 5 J ozs. between 2 : 30 p. m. and 

 3 : 30 p. m. At 4 p. m. she was sick, breathing through the mouth ; 

 respiration, 104 ; temperature, 103.6. While standing, frequent jerky 

 muscular movements of the whole body took place. At 4 : 12 p. m. she 

 was down with head and legs moving almost constantly, except during 

 spasms when the legs were stretched out and the head and neck drawn 

 back. The animal died at 4 : 35 p. m. 



Autopsy showed considerable congestion in rumen and fourth 

 stomach ; spleen darkened and mushy ; kidneys congested ; abdominal 

 lymph glands congested ; lungs moderately congested. 



Case No. 11 No. 58. 



A ewe weighing 100 pounds was fed 2 ozs. of the dry leaves at 1 : 30 

 p. m. and 2 ozs. more at 2 : 30 p. m. At 3 : 20 she was sick ; respiration, 

 70 ; breathing deep and audible ; trembling of the muscles, especially 

 those of the legs. At 3 : 40 she was down ; respiration 30 ; breathing 

 hard and very audibly through the mouth. She remained down with 



