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the 25th of May No. 4 withdrew from the table by reason of removing 

 from the city. 



The data in this case are not of a decisive nature, though, so far as 

 can be ascertained, the nausea and vomiting mentioned are not due to 

 any other cause than the preservative employed. If, however, this ill 

 feeling has been produced by the preservative administered, a recur- 

 rence of it might have been expected during the next period. It does 

 not seem, therefore, quite possible to ascribe this incidental nausea and 

 vomiting to the administered preservative, though it may have been 



due thereto. 



No. 5H. C. <}. 



The body functions appear to be normal at the beginning of the fore 

 period, on April 24, the data recorded being for temperature 98.4 

 and 98.2 F. and pulsations 80 and 84. On April 28 there is a slight 

 increase in the number of pulsations per minute, which are registered 

 as 108 and 100, respectively, before and after dinner, but this is due, 

 as indicated by No. 5, to the fact that he has just come in from a long 

 ride on a bicycle. There is a slight tendency to constipation developed 

 on the 29th, when no movement of the bowels is observed. The rest 

 of the fore period passes without any other notable variation from 

 normal conditions. 



During the administration of the preservative the first symptom 

 recorded of a disturbing nature is on May 5, when No. 5 suffers from 

 a slight headache during the whole day. This continues on the 6th, 

 but is not persistent, passing away during the evening. It does not 

 recur on the 7th nor on the following days. On May 18 there is a 

 feeling of distress in the stomach, described as indigestion, occurring 

 immediately after dinner. There is also described by No. 5 a clouded 

 feeling in the head. On the 19th No. 5 suffers from headache all da}^, 

 increasing toward evening. There is also a marked tendency to con- 

 stipation. The headache passes away during the night. On the 20th 

 there are symptoms of a cold and slight headache, continuing all night, 

 and the constipation is more pronounced. The headache continues on 

 the 21st, as also does the constipation. On the 22d the symptoms of 

 cold have passed away, and No. 5 is feeling well, but the constipation 

 continues. There is a recurrence of the headache on the 25th, and the 

 symptoms of cold have also returned. There is no notable increase in 

 temperature. Cold and a slight headache continue on the 26th, a 

 general feeling of uneasiness prevails, and there is an acute attack of 

 indigestion after dinner. The constipation has given way to looseness 

 of the bowels, which is almost a diarrhea, four evacuations taking 

 place during the day. On the 27th No. 5 is quite ill with a sick head- 

 ache and diarrhea. No borax is administered on the 27th. The 

 symptoms are better on the following days, and there is a gradual 

 improvement. There are no further marked disturbances in the body 



