xiii, b, 2 Boynton: Treatment of Rinderpest 105 



December 3, this animal was found dead in the morning and 

 presented good lesions of rinderpest upon autopsy. 



EXPERIMENT 3 7 



Batanes bull 3309. — This animal was injected on November 



23, 1911, with 25 cubic centimeters of virulent rinderpest blood 

 that had been kept in a test tube in a clotted form for seventy- 

 two hours at 37.° C. 



November 29, bull 3309 presented its first rise in temperature, 

 registering, in the afternoon, 40.2° C. 



December 1, eating little; administered intravenously 1,000 

 cubic centimeters of a 1-1,000 solution of potassium permanga- 

 nate in physiological salt solution. 



December 2, eating little. 



December 3-4, diarrhoea, eating little. 



December 5, diarrhoea, not eating. 



December 6, died, presenting good lesions of rinderpest. 



EXPERIMENT IS 



Batanes bull 3315. — This animal was injected on November 



24, 1911, with 25 cubic centimeters of virulent rinderpest blood 

 that had been kept in a test tube in a clotted form for ninety- 

 six hours at 37° C. 



November 30, bull 3315 presented its first rise in temperature, 

 registering, in the forenoon, 39.6° C. ; in the afternoon, 40.8° C. 



December 1, diarrhoea, eating little. 



December 2, diarrhoea, eating little; administered intrave- 

 nously 1,000 cubic centimeters of a 1-500 solution of potassium 

 permanganate in physiological salt solution. 



December 3, diarrhoea, not eating. 



December 4, diarrhoea, not eating; died during the afternoon, 

 presenting good lesions of rinderpest. 



EXPERIMENT 19 



Davao carabUo 318 U. — This animal was injected on November 

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

 from No. 3307. 



December 4, carabao 3184 presented its first rise in temper- 

 ature, registering, in the afternoon, 40.1° C. 



December 5, a 1-300 solution of potassium permanganate was 

 being administered intravenously, but the animal died during 

 the injection. 



From the four preceding experiments it will be noticed that 

 potassium permanganate, whether administered subcutaneously 



