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he began the experiment. On the sixty- third day the knee jerks 

 could no longer be obtained. There was no oedema of the legs. 

 The cardiac impulse could be seen after slight exertion. The 

 heart sounds remained clear; there was no murmur. The sub- 

 sequent notes show that the knee jerks remained absent. On 

 the sixty-ninth day the systolic blood pressure was 80 millimeters 

 Hg. On the seventy-fifth day the following note was made: 



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Pulse 96 ; complains of pain in the calves of the legs ; no oedema 

 of legs; knee jerks not elicited. No change in the condition of 

 the heart. On the seventy-eighth day, marked weakness of the 

 legs and difficulty in walking; knee jerks not ehcited; no oedema 

 of legs; pulse 100. On the seventy-ninth day the note reads: 

 Pulse 84; knee jerks absent; complains of pain and weakness in 



