xiii, b, 2 Boynton: Treatment of Rinderpest 107 



July 16, administered intravenously 1,000 cubic centimeters 

 of sodium chloride solution to which were added 2.5 cubic centi- 

 meters of 40 per cent formalin; withstood injection well. 



July 17-20, looked very sick; diarrhoea, not eating. 



July 21, died this forenoon; typical rinderpest lesions. 



EXPERIMENT 23 



Fuga carabao 137 contracted rinderpest by exposure to in- 

 fected animals. 



July 14, 1917, this animal presented its first rise in temper- 

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



July 15, forenoon temperature 39.6° C; afternoon, 40.4° C. ; 

 administered intravenously 1,000 cubic centimeters of sodium 

 chloride solution to which 2 cubic centimeters of 40 per cent 

 formalin had been added; withstood injection well. 



July 16, diarrhoea, not eating; administered intravenously 

 1,000 cubic centimeters of sodium chloride solution to which 2.5 

 cubic centimeters of 40 per cent formalin had been added ; with- 

 stood injection well. 



July 17-20, diarrhoea, not eating ; very sick ; arched back ; dis- 

 charge from nostrils and eyes; blood in faeces. 



July 20, died, presenting good lesions of rinderpest. 



EXPERIMENT 24 



Jolo carabao 108. — Contracted rinderpest by exposure to sick 

 animals. 



July 14, 1917, this animal presented its first rise in temper- 

 ature, registering, in the forenoon, 39.1° C; in the afternoon, 

 40.2° C. 



July 15, administered intravenously 1,000 cubic centimeters 

 of sodium chloride solution to which had been added 2 cubic 

 centimeters of 40 per cent formalin ; withstood injection well. 



July 16, diarrhoea, eating little; administered intravenously 

 1,000 cubic centimeters of sodium chloride solution to which 

 2.5 cubic centimeters of 40 per cent formalin had been added; 

 withstood injection well. 



July 17-19, diarrhoea, not eating; very sick. 



July 19, died, presenting good lesions of rinderpest. 



EXPERIMENT 25 



Fuga carabao 131. — Contracted rinderpest by exposure to 

 sick animals. 



July 14, 1917, this animal presented its first rise in temper- 

 ature, registering, in the afternoon, 39.6° C. 



