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November 21, this animal presented its first rise in tempera- 

 ture, registering, in the afternoon, 39.9° C. 



November 25-26, diarrhoea, not eating ; congested eye ; erosions 

 in mouth ; rash under tail. 



November 27, diarrhoea, not eating; administered intrave- 

 nously 1,000 cubic centimeters of 1.5 per cent creolin solution 

 in 0.85 per cent sodium chloride ; animal withstood the injection 

 well. 



November 28-29, diarrhoea, not eating; animal very sick. 



November 30, animal found dead in the morning; typical le- 

 sions of rinderpest upon autopsy. 



EXPERIMENT 13 



Batanes bull 3306. — This animal was injected on November 

 21, 1911, with 25 cubic centimeters of virulent rinderpest blood 

 that had been kept in a test tube at 37° C. for twenty-four hours. 



November 26, this animal presented a forenoon temperature 

 of 39.2° C; afternoon, 41° C. 



November 27, administered intravenously 1,000 cubic centi- 

 meters of a 1.5 per cent creolin solution in 0.85 per cent sodium 

 chloride; the animal withstood the injection well. 



November 29, not eating. 



November 30, diarrhoea, not eating; administered intrave- 

 nously 1,000 cubic centimeters of a 3 per cent creolin solution 

 in 0.85 per cent sodium chloride; the animal withstood the in- 

 jection well. 



December 1-5, diarrhoea, not eating. 



December 6, died during the morning, presenting typical le- 

 sions of rinderpest. 



EXPERIMENT 14 



Davao carabao 3183. — This animal was injected on November 

 29, 1911, with 50 cubic centimeters of virulent rinderpest blood 

 from No. 3307. 



December 3, this animal presented its first rise in temperature, 

 registering, in the afternoon, 40.2° C. 



December 5, diarrhoea, not eating ; administered intravenously 

 1,000 cubic centimeters of a 3 per cent creolin solution in dis- 

 tilled water ; also given a weak creolin solution to drink. 



December 6, not eating; blood in urine. 



December 7, diarrhoea, not eating. 



December 8, died during the morning, presenting good lesions 

 of rinderpest. 



