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him a five* days’ diarrhoea. Next day, animal ate and was 
lively ; at noon, he had a loose, yellowish evacuation, and 
vomited. In afternoon, a whitish mucous fluid was ejected 
from the mouth ; soon after, a more watery, yellowish motion. 
No cramps, coldness, or pulselessness noted ; observations 
were interrupted ; dog died in the night. — Post-mortem : 
Whitish mucous fluid in stomach and intestines ; spread also 
on the colon ; loose, frothy, yellowish matter in the rectum 
only ; appearances of mucous coat as in experiment 1 ; 
bladder contracted. 
Exp. 6. — Ejections of a pulseless girl. 2 drachms, clear, 
watery, with a few black flocculi, given to a dog. No effect. 
Exp. 7. — Dejections, fifteen hours after attack, rather col- 
lapsed. 7 ounces, of a dirty white colour, and a strong smell, 
given six hours after its evacuation, and when the flocculi had 
subsided, to a dog, partly by mouth, partly by anus. At six 
the next evening, animal has passed soft, yellow faeces, and 
vomited a whitish fluid mass, containing its food. Up to 
eight o’clock he had eaten nothing; copious, watery, yel- 
lowish stools passed : but these gradually assumed their ordi- 
nary character. 
The results of our own experiments, three with the ejec- 
tions, and six with the dejections, given as soon as possible 
after they were passed, were very like those of Dr. Meyer. 
Experiment 1 . — Ejections twelve hours after attack ; saline 
treatment : no calomel ; death. 1 ounce, white, slightly acid, 
to a small dog at noon. Animal ate as usual; at six p.m. 
seemed languid ; in the night passed urine and firmish faeces. 
Next day, ate very little food; had two loose yellowish stools; 
passed some urine ; next night and day motions firmer. 
Exp. 2 and 3. — Ejections four hours after a severe seizure: 
no treatment up to that ; fatal. 10 drachms, slightly acid, to 
a cat. Animal as usual for twenty-four hours ; then purged 
several times, until the third day. 5 drachms of same fluid 
to a guinea-pig. Animal continued well until next day, when 
it passed hard and loose faeces mixed, and appeared unnatu- 
rally quiet; afterwards recovered. 
Exp. 4. — Dejections of same patient as in experiments 2 
and 3, passed at same time. 3 ounces, pale-yellow, watery, 
smelling slightly, alkaline, containing a few flocculi, given to 
a white terrier at eleven o’clock a.m. Animal remained well 
all day, and ate bread and meat. In night, passed an ordi- 
nary, whitish, firm motion ; then had loose faeces, black, 
yellow, and greyish slimy substances mixed, four times up to 
the evening of the second day ; ate food, but had become very 
thin. On the third day, at 10 a.m., 3 ounces more of dejec- 
