34 BULLETIN" 365, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
erect. At 4.54 she began to walk about uneasily, staggering, and 
finally fell, going down upon her forefeet first, with her head ex- 
tended upon the ground. 
Plate VIII, figure 1, shows her attitude while lying down at 4.45, 
and figures 2, 3, 4, and 5 show successive attitudes taken by the 
animal during the minute from 4.54 to 4.55 ; figure 2 shows her with 
arched back and lowered head, in the attitude she took while stag- 
gering about the corral; figure 3, taken immediately after, shows 
very nearly the same attitude; while figure 4 shows her after 
coming down upon her fore legs, with head extended upon the 
ground in an attitude which is very characteristic of animals 
poisoned by larkspur ; figure 6 shows her again upon her feet at 4.58. 
At 4.58 she commenced to stagger, and was upon the ground at 
5 o'clock. Plate VIII, figure 6, and Plate IX, figures 1 and 2, show 
her successive attitudes in this process. She arose again at 5.14, but 
fell almost immediately. Plate IX, figures 3. 4, 5, and 6, show her 
attitudes at this time, and it will be noticed that they are com- 
parable with the two preceding series. These four pictures were 
taken within less than a minute. At 5.26 she was again upon 
her feet, but at 5.30 commenced to stagger, backing around the 
corral in a way that was found to be characteristic of larkspur- 
poisoning cases. She attempted to defecate, moving her head up 
and down as if in great distress, and then fell down again. She was 
upon her feet again at 5.44, but at 5.53 fell. Her respiration at this 
time was 30. At 6 o'clock she was again upon her feet, but moved 
her head up and down, stepping about uneasily, backing as before. 
She staggered somewhat, reminding one very much of the actions 
of a drunken man. At 6.04 she lay down, but at 6.07 got up with 
no apparent difficulty and began picking up hay in the corrals. At 
6.15 she showed uneasiness, moving her head up and down. Then 
she lay down again. During this latter time she went down volun- 
tarily and was evidently improving, for during the earlier stages 
of the poisoning she was entirely unable to get upon her feet after 
falling. At 7.15 she seemed normal, and no further symptoms of 
poisoning were noticed. 
During this case of poisoning there was an interval of two hours 
from the time the animal first fell until the time when she was able 
to remain standing. 
Cas£ 117. 
Case 117 was a steer weighing about 620 pounds. On August 13 
he was fed stems, leaves, and flowers, and a few seed pods of 
Delphinium harbeyi, receiving 32.25 pounds. 
On the morning of August 14, at 8.30, it was noticed that he 
was acting in a somewhat abnormal manner. When walking he kept 
