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same sleepy look and hanging ears, and occasionally walked about in 
an uneasy way. There was some lack of coordination of the muscles 
of the forelegs. Plate II, figure 2, shows the condition of the animal 
at that time, and Plate II, figure 3, shows the animal about 9.30 a. m. 
At 11.10 a. m. the condition was about the same as at 9.12. At 11.55 
a.m. the animal was found upon her knees; she got up with difficulty, 
but was barely able to stand upon her feet. She had been gradually 
growing easier, and at 12.10 p. m. was down with her head upon the 
ground, apparently in a sleep. At this time she was given 5 grams 
of tannic acid in water, and 5 minutes later 10 c.c. of gin was given 
in an ounce of water. At 12.20 p. m. she was found down in a corner 
of the corral with her head under her body. She was helped up, but 
fell down again on her side in a convulsive spasm. At 12.25 p. m. 
she lay quiet; her respiration was 32, deep and labored, and her pulse 
98, strong and regular. At 12.30 p. m. an attempt was made to get 
her upon her belly, but she rolled over on the other side. This was 
repeated several times. After several attempts she lay upon her 
belly with her nose extended on the ground. At 12.38 p. m. she 
tried to get upon her feet, but was unable to do so and went over 
on her side. Her legs straightened out, her head was thrown back 
in a strychninlike spasm, respiration stopped, the eyes rolled back, 
’ and at 12.41 p. m. the animal was dead. 
At the autopsy a few petechiz were found on the walls of the 
ventricles of the heart. The vessels of the small intestines were 
injected, and the brain was slightly congested. Nothing else abnor- 
mal was noticed. 
g TYPICAL CASE OF SHEEP NO. 253. 
Sheep No. 253, a ewe weighing 62.5 pounds, was kept in the corrals 
August 5, 1914, for feeding. 
On August 6, at 9.20 a. m., her temperature was 102° F., her pulse 
60, and her respiration 16. From 9.30 a. m. to 10.05 a. m. she was 
fed with the balling gun 195.31 grams of seed pods of Lupinus 
leucopsis. ‘The pods were collected July 16, before the seeds had 
ripened, and allowed to dry. In the process of drying the seeds were 
expelled. The pods were ground and 4 ounces of water was added to 
facilitate the feeding. This was fed in the ratio of 312 grams of pods 
to 100 pounds of animal. Allowing for the loss of weight in the pods 
due to drying, this animal received an equivalent of 2.755 pounds of 
fresh pods per 100 pounds of animal weight. The sheep appeared 
all right during the day and was watched until 11 p. m. 
On August 7, at 5.50 a. m., her temperature was 100.6° F., her 
pulse was 96, and her respiration 21. The animal was found lying 
down with her head through the fence between the boards and swing- 
ing it from side to side. Her eyes were staring and expressionless. 
The femoral pulse was almost imperceptible. There was no evidence 
