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to diarrhea was developed, but this was followed on the succeeding 

 day by a period of constipation. Abdominal pains were experienced 

 on the night of November 10, but in general the subject was feeling 

 better. There was pain in the stomach on the night of the llth, 

 but the feeling of languor and indisposition to exertion had passed 

 away. A feeling of weight in the stomach was also noted. Abdomi- 

 nal pains, though slight, continued on the 12th. On the 13th a 

 feeling of indigestion was experienced, but it passed away within a 

 short time. A small quantity of food was lost by belching on the 14th, 

 but not to exceed a spoonful. On the 15th the subject was feeling 

 quite well again, and this condition continued until the 18th, when a 

 slight headache developed with a tendency to diarrhea. Slight head- 

 ache was also experienced on the 19th and the -bowels continued loose. 

 On the 20th the subject felt exceedingly well, although there was a 

 very slight headache after dinner. This favorable condition continued 

 until the 22d and then was interrupted only by a slight headache with 

 a tendency to drowsiness. Headache continued on November 23 and 

 24, with slight pains in the stomach and abdomen and with a drowsy 

 feeling coming on early in the evening. A slight abdominal disturb- 

 ance was noticed on the 25th, while a slight headache continued on 

 the 26th and on the afternoon of the 27th. The subject closed the 

 preservative period with a weight of 60.13 kilograms and feeling 

 reasonably well. His average weight for the whole preservative 

 period was 60.62 kilograms, and for the fore period 61.20 kilograms. 

 The first day of the after period the headache continued, but the 

 subject felt much better after luncheon. The second day the subject 

 felt well, except for a slight feeling of uneasiness in the stomach. 

 Headache came on about an hour before dinner with pains in the back 

 and some weariness. No unpleasant feelings were experienced during 

 the 30th, but a slight feeling of laziness or drowsiness. A slight cold 

 developed on December 1, and the temperature at dinner was 99.6. 

 Some s} r mptoms of this cold had been manifested for several days 

 before, but no account had been made of it until this day. Slight 

 pains in the back were experienced on the 2d of December, but other- 

 wise the subject was feeling well. Some little headache was expe- 

 rienced on the 3d of December. An abscess formed on a tooth at this 

 time which kept the subject awake during the night of the 4th of 

 December and he felt correspondingly ill during the day. The abscess 

 was opened on the 5th of December and the subject felt much better, 

 but slept only half the night. On the 6th all bad symptoms had disap- 

 peared. The subject closed the after period feeling in excellent con- 

 dition in spite of the trouble which he had had with his tooth. The 

 final weight on the last day of the after period was 59.87 kilograms, and 

 his average weight during the after period was 59.84 kilograms, show- 

 ing a progressive loss in weight. 



