62 THOMPSON YATES LABORATORIES REPORT 
A. — Five Kittens Treated with Milk Preserved by Boric Acid in Quantity of 
80 Grains to the Gallon 
No. 
Original weight 
Weight at end of 
First week. 
Seconii week. 
Third week. 
Fourth 
week. 
I 
388 grammes 
410 grammes 
387 grammes 
3 I 3 grammes 
Dead. 
2 
497 " 
490 
500 „ 
423 „ 
3 
468 
402 „ 
385 „ 
328 „ 
+ 
468 
472 
420 
438 „ 
5 
342 - 
327 
331 
332 
—Kittens Dosed with Milk Containing 40 
Grains to the Gall 
No. 
Original weight. 
Weight at end of 
First week. 
Second week. 
Third week. 
Fourth 
week. 
I 
442 grammes 
395 grammes 
340 grammes 
330 grammes 
Dead. 
2 
345 
335 
308 „ 
Dead. 
3 
268 
253 
215 
+ 
540 
482 
488 
500 grammes 
Dead. 
5 
495 
462 „ 
440 
502 „ 
C. — Kittens Receiving Untreated Milk 
No. 
Original weight. 
Weight at end of 
First 
week. 
Second 
week. 
Third 
week. 
Fourth 
ueek. 
Fifth 
week. 
I 
457 grammes 
486 grs. 
443 grs- 
500 grs. 
492 grs. 
500 grs. 
2 
354 
446 „ 
452 „ 
515 » 
505 
603 „ 
3 
485 
562 „ 
686 „ 
732 „ 
865 „ 
853 „ 
4 
264 „ 
265 „ 
300 „ 
362 „ 
5 
313 
320 „ 
333 „ 
340 " 
384 „ 
44' 
It was endeavoured to have kittens of as nearly as possible about the same weight and of 
the same age and born of the same Cat in each of the groups A, B, and C, so that the conditions 
miirht be approximately tlie same. The earliest symptom manifested by the kittens of Groups 
A and B was loss of appetite ; it was seen, even after the first day or two, that they took less milk 
than the control kittens. Diarrhoea, inactivity, and depression soon followed, then rapid emaciation 
and death. It is very evident from these experiments that much smaller quantities than 40 grains 
Strayed and lost. 
