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During the administration of the boric acid, therefore, it is seen that 

 there is a slight febrile excitement persisting most of the time, but as 

 this is the case also in the fore period it does not seem to be attributable 

 to the preservative employed. 



On the first day of the after period the recorded temperatures are 

 99.2 and 99.1 F., and the patient is suffering somewhat from head- 

 ache and general malaise. These symptoms have nearly all passed 

 away on January 5, the recorded temperatures being 98.8 and 99 F., 

 respectively, and the pulsations 60 and 84. Normal conditions seem 

 to be completely restored on the 6th and continue throughout the rest 

 of the after period. The recorded observations on the 13th, the last 

 day of the after period, are temperatures 98.2 and 98.5 F., pulsations 

 62 and 78, respectively. At no time during the entire series, either in 

 the fore, preservative, or after period, is there any tendency to 

 diarrhea or to abnormal consistence on the part of the urine. The 

 ou\y symptom which seems to be attributable directly to the effect of 

 the boric acid is the development of the headache just at the end of the 

 preservative period. 



No. 4W.L. D. 



The recorded observations on the 9th, the second da}^ of the fore 

 period, are temperature 98.3 and 98.3 F. and pulsations 80 and 80, 

 respectively. All the vital operations appeared to be, as recorded, 

 perfectly normal. On the 13th there is a slight rise in temperature 

 noted, the observations being 98. 7 and 98.7 F. and the pulsations 

 82 and 82, respectively. This slight increase continues throughout 

 the rest of the fore period, but as it is not a decided variation from 

 the normal it is of but little significance. On the last day of the fore 

 period, namely, December 21, the recorded observations are tempera- 

 ture 98,5 and 98.6 F. and pulsations 90 and 92, respectively. 



On th<j first day of the preservative period the recorded observations 

 are temperature 98.5 and 98.5 F. and the pulsations 72 and 82, 

 respectively. The data of the vital records show that all of the func- 

 tions of the body are conducted in a perfectly normal way. A slight 

 fall of temperature is noted on the 26th and 27th, in which all four 

 observations are recorded as 98 F. , being slightly below the normal. 

 This is onh temporary, however, as on the succeeding days the nor- 

 mal temperatures are again recorded. On January 1 No. 4 awoke at 

 3.30 a. m. with a severe headache. He ate breakfast with an effort, 

 was sick with headache and nausea for the remainder of the day, and 

 ate no lunch. At about 4 p. m. his head became hot, his face breaking 

 out with a red rash, and the arms and chest with a similar affection. 

 Much itching a3out the arms and chest was experienced. The symp- 

 toms experienced were recorded as similar to those accompanying a 

 slight attack of indigestion during the preceding September. For 



