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still dark, quantity had increased. Albumin, nil. Scleras deeply jaundiced. Bowels opened. 
Stools of a dark ashy hue, bad odour, typical of catarrhal jaundice. 
February 13.— Patient feels better; only complains of head being heavy and sleeplessness. 
Fever is down. Urine has cleared up. No albumin. Sp. g. 1,022. 
On February 14. — Was delirious during the night, given sulphonal, grs. 20, repeated. No sleep. 
Patient is in a drowsy condition. Fever is 102°. Urine has returned to dark bilious colour and 
passed only 6 oz. during the night. Albumin has increased considerably. 
On February 15. — Patient is drowsy, although when spoken to answers intelligently and is quite 
lively. Bowels open — stools still light slate colour ; very offensive. 1 aking nourishment well but 
has to be pressed. Has vomited twice, merely undigested food. 1 owards night drowsiness 
increased to stupor. Urine had improved, having passed 12 ozs. 1 owards morning became 
unconscious, and death was preceded by convulsions. No post mortem was made. 
Mr. C. was an employ^ of the Belize Estate and Produce Company, Agents for the Harrison 
Line, whose S.S. “ Barrister,” arrived in Belize on February 7, from Colon, but enquiry does not 
reveal that Mr. C. went on board, or that any other employ^ of the Company became ill. 
The case is extremely suspicious. There is want of correlation between the pulse and the 
temperature, albumin appeared in the urine, there was some jaundice and gastric irritability, and 
he was a recent arrival. The following is the chart : — 
February 19. — Mrs. F. followed about the 19th of February in same house as J. J. F. ; here 
again the main features were headache, jaundiced conjunctivae (very slight), anorexia and nausea. 
No vomiting; fever did not exceed 103°, pulse not recorded. 
