34 BULLETiisr 365, u. s. depaetmej^t of ageiculttjee. 



erect. At 4.54 she began to walk about uneasily, staggering, and 

 finally fell, going down upon her forefeet first, with her head ex- 

 tended upon the ground. 



Plate VIII, figure 1, shows her attitude while lying down at 4.45, 

 and figures 2, 3, 4, and 5 show successive attitudes taken by the 

 animal during the minute from 4.54 to 4.55 ; figure 2 shows her with 

 arched back and lowered head, in the attitude she took while stag- 

 gering about the corral; figure 3, taken immediately after, shows 

 very nearly the same attitude ; while figure 4 shows her after 

 coming down upon her fore legs, with head extended upon the 

 ground in an attitude which is very characteristic of animals 

 poisoned by larkspur : figure 6 shows her again upon her feet at 4.58. 

 At 4.58 she commenced to stagger, and was upon the ground at 

 6 o'clock. Plate VIII, figure 6, and Plate IX, figures 1 and 2, show 

 her successive attitudes in this process. She arose again at 5;14, but 

 fell almost immediately. Plate IX, figures 3. 4, 5, and 6, show her 

 attitudes at this time, and it will be noticed that they are com- 

 parable with the two preceding series. These four pictures were 

 taken within less than a minute.- At 5.26 she was again upon 

 her feet, but at 5.30 commenced to stagger, backing around the 

 corral in a way that was found to be characteristic of larkspur- 

 poisoning cases. She attempted to defecate, moving her head up 

 and down as if in great distress, and then fell down again. She was 

 upon her feet again at 5.44, but at 5.53 fell. Her respiration at this 

 time was 30. At 6 o'clock she was again upon her feet, but moved 

 her head up and down, stepping about imeasily, backing as before. 

 She staggered somewhat, reminding one very much of the actions 

 of a drunken man. At 6.04 she lay down, but at 6.07 got up with 

 no apparent difficulty and began picking up hay in the corrals. At 

 6.15 she showed uneasiness, moving her head up and down. Then 

 she lay down again. During this latter time she went down volun- 

 tarily and was evidently improving, for during the earlier stages 

 of the poisoning she was entirely unable to get upon her feet after 

 falling. At 7.15 she seemed normal, and no further symptoms of 

 poisoning were noticed. 



During this case of poisoning there was an interval of two hours 

 from the time the animal first fell until the time when she was able 

 to remain standing. 



Case 117. 



Case 117 was a steer weighing about 620 pounds. On August 13 

 he was fed stems, leaves, and flowers, and a few seed pods of 

 Delphinium harbeyi^ receiving 32.25 pounds. 



On the morning of August 14, at 8.30, it was noticed that he 

 was acting in a somewhat abnormal manner. A^Tien walking he kept 



