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found, although the large intestine was somewhat congested in this 

 case. 



In spite of the appearance of this diarrhoea, none of the monkeys in 

 this group showed any signs of either blood or mucus in the motions, 

 the liquid stools being merely of a pale yellowish colour. And in all 

 these cases the gums, although frequently examined, showed no 

 sponginess nor signs of bleeding. The monkeys of this group, as they 

 became emaciated, sat hunched up in their cages, the most usual 

 attitude being with their heads between their knees, as if they 

 were trying to keep themselves warm, although the room was, as 

 already stated, heated by hot-water pipes. They also showed signs of 

 being out of condition by the general roughened condition of their 

 coats. 



At the autopsy all these monkeys exhibited more or less marked 

 emaciation, but with the exception of No. 2, which died from 

 pneumonia, in no case was any direct cause of death discoverable. 

 In the bowels were found liquid, light-coloured contents, and only 

 in the case of No. 3 were there any signs of congestion to be noted 

 in the large intestine. 



Table 11. — Group 2. Monkeys fed on Boiled Rice, with 50 grammes 

 of Tainted Meat and Maize daily. 







Weight in kilos. 





Blood 



Grums 





Duration of 









Diarrhoea 



and 



spongy 



No. 



observation. 









commenced. 



mucus 



and 







Original. 



Final. 



Loss. 





in stools. 



bleeding. 





days. 









days. 



days. 



days. 



6 



18 



2-000 



1-400 



-600 



5 











7 



14 



1-350 



1-050 



0-300 



5 



8 



13 



8 



55 



1-500 



0-950 



0-550 



17 



23 



27 



10 



65 



1-600 



1 -050 



0-500 



7 



28 



28 



11 



54 



1-650 



1-250 



0-400 



4 



26 



27 



12 



11 



2-425 



0-150 



0-275 



6 



9 







13 



80 



2-050 



1 -900 



0-150 















20 



62 



2 -450 



1-400 



1-050 



40 



40 



40 



In the above table (II) the results of eight observations under 

 these conditions are recorded. The monkeys of this group lived 

 from eleven to eighty days, although in the cases of Nos. 8, 10, 

 and 20 we cannot call this the limit of their life, as they were 

 killed in order to examine the influence scurvy, thus artificially pro- 

 duced, would have on their blood. 



We see in this Table II that we have the same loss of weight in 

 these monkeys as we had in the six monkeys fed on the fresh meat. 

 In this group the diarrhoea commenced earlier than in those pre- 



