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head is not clear and the headache persists all day; he describes himself 

 as not being able to make calculations and to be sure of being* right. 

 This feeling of disturbance increases toward night. There appears 

 to be a slight increase in temperature, the recorded observations being 

 98.6 and 99.4 F. On March 10 No. 5 states that he has slept only a 

 few hours during the previous night, having suffered with a headache 

 during the night and also during the whole day; brain clouded; symp- 

 toms of cold during the night, which continue all da> T ; a tendency to 

 constipation is also manifest and a feverish feeling is described. This 

 feverish feeling is shown by the recorded observations of temperature, 

 which are 99.8 and 99.8 F. The pulsations are also increased to 

 106 and 100 per minute, respectively, before and after dinner. On 

 March 11 the constipation has increased so that there is no movement 

 of the bowels. The temperature and pulsations remain the same and 

 the general feeling of uneasiness persists. 



On the first day of the after period the temperature and pulsations 

 are again normal and the general feeling of uneasiness has largely dis- 

 appeared. On March 17 No. 5 describes himself as again feeling per- 

 fectly normal, the recorded observations for this da}^ being 98.2 and 

 98 F. for the temperature and 76 and 80 for the pulsations. On 

 March 19, the last day of the after period, the recorded observations 

 for temperature are 97.8 and 97.8 F. and for the pulsations 76 

 and 84. 



These data seem to point with a great deal of significance to a 

 marked disturbance of the functional activities due to the administra- 

 tion of the preservative. No. 5, however, is said by Doctor Geddings 

 to be very impressionable and responsive to suggestions concerning 

 pain and other symptoms. The headache, sleeplessness, and general 

 feeling of oppression appear clearly to be due, at least in part, to the 

 effect of the preservative upon the system. As noted, however, there 

 is no tendency whatever in this case to the production of diarrhea, 

 but on the contrary to the opposite condition. 



No. 6L. M. S. 



The recorded observations for No. 6 on the 19th of February, the 

 first day of the fore period, are 98.3 and 99 F., respectively, for the 

 temperature and 88 and 89 for the pulsations. No abnormal data arc 

 recorded for the fore period, the record for the 27th, the last day of 

 the fore period, being 98.7 and 98.8 F. and the pulsations 78 and 

 79, respectively. 



On the first day of the preservative period, however, No. 6 develops 

 the S3 ; mptoms of a violent cold or an attack of the grippe, the tem- 

 perature rising to 101.8 F. and the pulsations to 104. These violent 

 symptoms practically disappear, however, on the following day, the 

 temperature being 98.7 and 98.9 F. and the pulsations 90 and 92, 



