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on one or two occasions, but had no other symptoms to account for 

 the continued high temperature except the effects of the cold from 

 which he was just recovering. His average weight for this period 

 was 52.72 kilograms. 



The high temperature and pulse continued throughout the first 

 preservative subperiod, the temperature ranging from 98.9 to 99.2 F. 

 and pulsations 91. On the third and fourth days of the period he 

 complained of pains in region of shoulder and left side. Otherwise 

 his condition was apparently the same as in the fore period. The 

 average body weight for this subperiod was 52.81 kilograms. 



The same condition was manifest in the second preservative sub- 

 period, namely, high temperature and high pulse. The subject com- 

 plained of increasing pains in back and side, till on the fourth day of 

 the period, when he complained of headache; pains in left side, and 

 felt "all broken up." His temperature for this day was 99.8 F. 

 and pulsations 100. He took 8 grains of quinine in the evening. 

 The average weight for the period was 52.91 kilograms. 



In the third preservative subperiod these complaints gradually 

 increased; high temperature and pulse also continued, till on the 

 third and fourth day of the period his temperature reached 100.2 F. 

 and pulsations 106. He appeared to be contracting a severe cold and 

 was quite ill; complained of headache, pains in stomach and chest, 

 and loss of appetite. No preservative was given after February 24, 

 the fourth day of this subperiod. The average w r eight was 52.57 

 kilograms. 



There was not much change in the subject's condition during the 

 fourth preservative subperiod, maximum temperature and pulse 

 being reached on the second day of period, 100.5 F. and 100, respec- 

 tively, the minimum, on last day of period, being 99.2 F. and 90, 

 respectively. His average body weight for the fourth subperiod was 

 51.69, and for the entire preservative period 52.49 kilograms. 



In the after period the subject reported himself as feeling all right; 

 temperature, however, was still high, 99.1 F. and pulsations 90; he 

 did not regain his appetite and gradually lost weight throughout. 

 The average weight for the after period was 51 kilograms. The 

 urinary examination throughout the period of observation revealed 

 nothing abnormal. 



This subject was quite unsatisfactory throughout. He began the 

 observation under adverse conditions, having had a cold throughout 

 the period of relaxation, bu! had improved considerably at the end of 

 the fore period. It is rather difficult to discriminate in this case 

 between the symptoms induced by the preservative and the effects of 

 the cold. 



