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of dyspnoea. At 6.35 a. m. she was still lying upon her belly, with 

 her head through the fence and swinging it from side to side. She 

 was taken up and put upon her feet and walked a little distance, 

 staggering as she walked. At 6.40 a. m. her pulse was 140, the heart 

 beating very hard. Her temperature was 100.6° F. and her respi- 

 ration 24. The animal was standing with her head lowered and 

 swinging from side to side. She staggered across the pen, hit her 

 head against the fence, and pushed forward, with her head partly 

 twisted and under her body. As she lay down her head kept swinging 

 from side to side. At 8 a. m. she was able to walk, but staggered as 

 she moved. Her head was still swinging, pendulum fashion, from 

 side to side. She pushed up against the side of the pen, preferably 

 in a corner, with her he{},d flexed toward the breast, so that at times 

 she almost stood upon her head. 



Plate III, figures 1 and 2, taken at 7.55 a. m. and 8 a. m., respec- 

 tively, show the positions assumed. At 8.55 a. m. the sheep was 

 lying quietly at the front of the pen. Her respiration was 80. She 

 no longer swung her head from side to side and did not attempt to 

 push it against the side of the pen. At 9 a. m. her temperature was 

 102.6° F., her pulse 102, and her respiration 86. The pulse was 

 rather weak. There was some dyspncea. She lay on her belly with 

 her head to the left side and was quiet. At 9.15 a. m. she was up and 

 about the corral. She would butt against the fence, then fall, 

 extend the legs rigidly, and breathe rapidly. There was no rhythmic 

 motion of the head at this time. At 9.40 a. m. she lay panting, with 

 some frothing at the mouth. At 9.55 a. m. her pulse was 132, and 

 strong in the femoral artery. Her respiration was 200, panting; her 

 temperature was 103.2° F. She got her head into the corner of the 

 corral and shoved forward until she almost stood upon her head. 

 She struggled to push herself into this position, and as she was 

 standing upon boards during the struggle her feet would sometimes 

 slip and she woidd fall. After f alhng she would get up and start the 

 butting process over again. At 10.35 a. m. she lay with her head 

 to one side, the respiration being very rapid. She was disturbed, 

 got up and started butting against the fence as before. This was kept 

 up for two or three minutes, then she went down and remained lying 

 with her head on one side. Plate IV, figure 1, shows her position at 

 10.40 a. m. At 10.55 a. m. the animal was up again and butting into 

 the corners as before. She was drenched with 30 c. c. of whisky and 

 an equal quantity of water. Her pulse was 132 and strong. At 

 11.55 a. m. she stood with her head low and part of the time on one 

 side. Plate IV, figure 2, shows her in this position. There was a 

 rapid chewing motion of the jaws; the motion was dorsiventral and 

 not lateral. She bumped her head into the fence as before and 



