324 Mr. J. J. Bowrey on the Physiological Action of [Apr. 11, 



12.12 p.m. Passed faeces consciously. A freshly killed mouse was 

 given to it ; it seized it, but laid it down again almost immediately, 

 and would not notice it afterwards. Food, even milk, refused. 



1.0 p.m. Heart-beats barely perceptible. 



1.45 „ A mouse put in cage ; the cat immediately caught and 

 killed it, then left it. 



3.20 p.m. Passed urine. Since 12 o'clock lying down nearly all the 

 time, unwilling to move, but not asleep. 



3.30 p.m. Passed a little faeces with difficulty. 



3.40 ,, Vomited white frothy liquid. Heart-beats not perceptible. 

 Vomited twice during the evening and passed faeces once. Vomited 

 again in the morning before 10 o'clock. Ate nothing. 



Second, day . — 10.30 a.m. Weight 4 lbs. 7 ozs. Sluggish, but quite 

 able to move vigorously. Smelt at, but would not eat, meat. Heart- 

 beats very rapid and hardly perceptible. Quiet all day, refused all 

 food. 



Third day. — Weight 4 lbs. 5-J ozs. Early in the morning vomited, 

 bringing up a worm. During the night had neither passed urine or 

 faeces. 



10.0 a.m. Very sluggish, would not move unless forced to. Heart 

 beating as yesterday. A mouse put in the cage ; the cat looked at, 

 but did not attempt to catch it, indeed, it seemed frightened at it. 



It remained in this dull state all the third day, and up to 10 o'clock 

 on the morning of the fourth day, neither eating, drinking, vomiting, 

 or passing urine or faeces. 



Fourth day. — Weight 4 lbs. 4 ozs. Remained in the same dull state 

 all day, taking nothing and passing nothing. 



Fifth day. — Weight 4 lbs. 3 ozs. At 10 a.m. very sluggish, but 

 proved itself quite capable of action by running across the room, and 

 jumping up to the cage on being frightened while being weighed, yet 

 would nob touch a mouse put in the cage before the cat was taken out 

 to be weighed. At 10.30 a.m. passed about \ oz. of urine. In the 

 evening ate pretty well and drank milk freely. 



Sixth day. — Weight 4 lbs. 2 ozs. Early in the morning passed very 

 hard faeces. Looked better, but still very sluggish. 



Eighth day. — Weight 4 lbs. 2 ozs. Nothing particular to note since 

 the sixth day. The cat now appeared well, but had not energy to 

 catch a mouse put with it. Next day still better, caught and ate a 

 mouse. On the tenth day was still stronger, and on the eleventh was 

 quite recovered. 



The poison injected was not the three- millionth part of the weight 

 of the cat. No food whatever was taken until the evening of the fifth 

 day, and as nothing had been taken for sixteen hours before the injec - 

 tion, nothing was eaten for five whole days. 



