xiii, b, 2 Boynton: Treatment of Rinderpest 121 



received a protecting dose of serum, the results indicate that 

 they may be used on animals that have severe reactions while 

 being immunized. 



CONCLUSIONS 



1. From the results of the 47 experiments in which drugs 

 and serum were used in treating animals sick with rinderpest, 

 it will be noticed that but one animal, carabao 3182, experiment 

 20, recovered from the disease and that animals of subsequent 

 experiments (21 to 26, inclusive), treated similarly to carabao 

 3182, succumbed to the disease, which proves conclusively that 

 carabao 3182 would have recovered as readily without any 

 treatment. 



2. From the result obtained in No. 1 of the miscellaneous ex- 

 periments it is evident that this animal would have made a re- 

 covery without any treatment, when the results of experiments 

 7 to 10, inclusive, are considered. The animals in these experi- 

 ments were treated in a similar manner, and all of them suc- 

 cumbed to the disease. 



3. It will be noticed that over fifty animals were experimented 

 upon with the various drugs mentioned and that but two animals 

 recovered from the disease, which is positive proof that the 

 drugs used and administered as they were had no curative power 

 for an animal suffering from rinderpest. 



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