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The first bleeding in tlie first case was ordered on the second 

 day of the eruption; the second during convalescence. At this 

 period a number of boils had appeared, and there was consi- 

 derable fever, to which two circumstances the change in the blood 

 is attributable. 



The bleeding in the second case was ordered on the second 

 day of the eruption. 



Lecanu^ has also made two analyses of the blood in this dis- 

 ease, and has obtained nearly similar results. 



The quantity of fibrin was not determined by Lecanu. 



Febris intermittens. 



From the analyses made by Andral and Gavarret of the 

 blood in this disease, we are led to conclude that instead of being 

 in a state of hypinosis, the blood exhibits rather a tendency to- 

 wards hyperinosis. Andral and Gavarret themselves remark, 

 that in consequence of the absence of all disturbance in the 

 normal functions of the organism during the remission of the 

 febrile symptoms, it might be concluded a priori that no pe- 

 culiar changes would be exhibited in the blood. 



The filjrin rises a little above the normal average ; the cor- 

 puscles, however, with the exception of one case in which the 

 bleeding was ordered at the commencement of a second attack, 

 fall below the normal proportion. The blood in most of these 

 cases was, however, taken from persons suffering from long 

 standing tertian or quotidian fever. 



The period at which the blood was taken, whether during 

 the remission, the hot or the cold stage, seemed to exert no 

 influence on the composition of the fluid. 



It will be sufficient to give the maxima, minima, and mean 

 of their researches. 



' Etudes chimiques, etc., p. 97. 



