48 BULLETIN 365, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
fate, 1 grain. At 3.28 the respiration was 22. Figures 1, 2, and 
3 of Plate XIII show her attitudes at various times between 3.20 
and 3.28. She got upon her feet again at 3.28. At 3.30 she trem- 
bled, arched her back, and fell, rising again at 3.33. At 3.35 she 
fell, but was upon her feet again at 3.36. Eespiration at 3.43 was 
42. There was considerable salivation at this time. At 3.56 she 
began stepping about uneasily with her head down, and, trembling 
violently, she staggered and fell. Plate XIII, figure 4, shows 
her attitude just before she fell, while figure 5 shows her position 
after she was down, and figure 6 shows her attitude as she was 
attempting to get up at 3.59. At 4 o'clock her pulse was 112 and 
rather weak. At 4.01 the pulse was 94. At 4.25 she defecated, 
probably as the result of the dose of physostigmin salicylate. At 
this time she showed considerable intestinal discomfort. She con- 
tinued lying down, but apparently feeling quite comfortable from 
evening until night. At 5.45 a. m., June 15, she was found in the 
ditch in the corral with water flowing about her. She was thor- 
oughly chilled and constantly trembling, and there seemed to be 
little probability that she would live. Apparently she must have 
risen upon her feet during the night, fallen into the ditch, and was 
unable to get out. The water was turned off and she wa's given alco- 
hol in hot water as a drench. Half an hour later she was given a 
drench of whisky. Soon after this she attempted to get up, and 
at about 9 o'clock was on her feet. After getting up she urinated 
copiously. It seemed probable in this case that defecation produced 
by the plrysostigmin resulted in relief from the immediate symptoms 
of larkspur poisoning, and that the alcohol bridged over a period of 
weakness, due in part to the chill and in part to the effect of the 
larkspur poisoning. Without the dose of alcohol she would in all 
probability have died. 
Case 113 
Case 113 was a steer weighing about 900 pounds. Between June 
20 and June 22 he received 56 pounds of Delphinium menziesii tops, 
which included flowers and seeds, the full amount being about one- 
sixteenth of his weight. At 9.30 p. m. June 22 he was found lying 
in the corral in a normal manner, but when disturbed he was unable 
to rise. At 9.35 he attempted to get up, fell over on his side, and was 
unable to raise himself again. He was given, hypodermically, physo- 
stigmin salicylate, 1J grains; pilocarpin hydrochlorid, 3 grains; 
and strychnin sulphate, 1 grain. The pulse at this time was 72 and 
rather weak. Eespiration was 16 and fairly deep. "While down he 
was making violent attempts to rise, kicking and lifting his head 
rather high and then falling back. This action seemed to be more 
pronounced after the remedy was given, and it was a question 
