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slightly raised, and but very rarely goes above 40° C. The weight does 
not fall with that astonishing rapidity which is noted after intracerebral 
and intravenous injections, and death takes place suddenly and without 
premonitory symptoms in from three to five days. Post-mortem, the 
mesentery is found to be rolled up on itself, and appears quite red from 
dilatation of its vessels and from the presence of numerous haemorrhagic 
areas. The intestinal walls are markedly injected and are sticky, have 
lost their shining lustre, and the coils of the intestines are matted together 
by the peritoneal exudate, which is for the most part pink in colour and 
