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slight headache is noticed. The intestines continue uncomfortable 

 through the night, with headache all day on the 5th. In the afternoon 

 of the 5 Mi slight nausea is experienced. Headache continues two da}^s 

 longer, with slight giddiness on the 7th. A slight febrile disturbance 

 is manifest on March 8, the recorded temperatures being 99 and 98.8 

 F. and the pulsations 80 and 92 per minute, respectively, before and 

 after dinner. On March 11, the last day of the preservative period, 

 the recorded data are temperature 98.7 and 98.4 F. and pulsations 

 88 and 88, respectively, before and after dinner. There is a feeling 

 of nausea all the afternoon and a dull headache, accompanied by a burn- 

 ing of the skin over the entire body and a weakness and trembling of 

 the knees. 



No abnormal data are recorded during the after period except in 

 two cases, where the second movement of the bowels is described as 

 being very soft. A tendency to constipation develops on March 15, 

 no movement of the bowels being recorded for that day. This con- 

 stipation, however, does not persist beyond the day. The recorded 

 observations for March 19, the end of the after period, are tempera- 

 ture 96 and 96.2 F. and pulsations 84 and 84. The data for the 

 temperature evidently are erroneous, due either to a faulty marking of 

 the thermometer or to an error in reading. 



The above data in the case of No. 4 show that a marked influence 

 upon the observed bodily functions is produced by the administration 

 of the boric acid. In so far as the phenomena manifest are concerned 

 the functions of the body are considerably disturbed during the use of 

 the preservative. 



No. 5- II. a G.<* 



The recorded data for No. 5 at the beginning of the fore period are 

 98.2 and 98F. for temperature and 78 and 82 for pulsations, respec- 

 tively, before and after dinner. No abnormal data except an apparent 

 low temperature, sometimes falling slightly below 98, are observed 

 during the continuance of the fore period. 



At the beginning of the preservative period the recorded data are 

 98 and 98.2 F. for temperature and 84 and 84 for pulsations, respec- 

 tively. The recorded data show no variations from the normal until 

 March 6, when the registration for temperature is H below normal, 

 evidently due to an imperfect thermometer or error in observation. 

 On March 7 No. 5 awakes with a headache from which he has suffered 

 during his wakeful moments during the preceding night, and this head- 

 ache persists during the day. There are no other disturbing symptoms. 

 On March 8 the headache persists during the entire day, but there is 

 no febrile excitement or other aberration from the normal. On March 

 9 No. 5 states that he has slept poorly during the previous night; his 



"Takes the place of R. V T . F. (No. 5 of Series I), who withdrew from the experi- 

 ment at the end of Series I. 



