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Tabular statement of experiments with "-Rex magnus.' 



Note. — The temperature is the mean of three dally observations taken at about nine o'clock A.M. and three and ten p.m. The 

 laboratory in which the meats were placed was well ventilated, and protected from liieB and insects by wire screens. One pound of 

 the viaudine used was obtained from the olllce of Science, the rest by express from the Boston oilice of the company. 



Julj- 8, I took the mutton and liver out of 

 the sohition, allowed them to drain, and placed 

 them on plates in the laboratory. 



July 13, the plate in which the liver had 

 been placed was nearlj- full of a red- colored 

 liquid, and the liver had a hard leathery 

 appearance. The liver and veal had both 

 acquired a shght odor. The other meats and 

 fish smelled sweet. 



July 16, the odor of the liver and A'eal had 

 become stronger than on Jul}- 13. The liver 

 was placed on a clean plate, as the first [jlate 

 was full of the red-colored liquid. The beef, 



mutton, and fish still looked and smelled 

 fresh. 



July 17, I had one-half of the beef-steak 

 which had been treated with the viaudine 

 solution on Jul}' 5 cooked for breakfast. It 

 was tender and palatable : still, it was not like 

 a fresh steak. There was a slight taste of 

 borax ; and there was also a want of flavor, 

 something like what fresh beef-steak might 

 have if it were washed with cold water before 

 cooking. Poured a little viaudine solution 

 over the veal and liver. 



July 18, a roasting piece of sirloin beef, 



