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The Cure of Piroplasmosis 
a very fatal disease is sufficiently evidenced by the protocols relating to 
the control animals, all of which developed fatal piroplasmosis: 5 died 
a natural death from the disease and 3 were killed whilst moribund. 
The protocol relating to Control Dog VIII includes a detailed account 
of the blood examination up to the time of death : 
Control 
Dog I. 
Day 
Large Irish terrier, mongrel. Weight 18 lbs. 
(1. iii. 09.) 
1 . 
Inoculated with 5 c.c. of heart blood. 
5. 
Parasites found in blood films. 
6. 
Parasites occupy nearly all the corpuscles. 
7. 
Dog very ill. Haemoglobinuria. 
(8. iii. 09.) 
8. 
Dog died, with many parasites in its blood. 
Control 
Dog II. 
Day 
Irish terrier. Weight about 15 lbs. 
(1. iii. 09.) 
1 . 
Inoculated with 5 c.c. of heart blood. 
5. 
Parasites found in blood. 
6. 
Fifteen parasites per field. 
7. 
Many parasites. 
8. 
Dog ill. 
(9. iii. 09.) 
9. 
Dog died, with many parasites in its blood. 
Control 
Dog III 
Day 
. Mongrel Sheep dog. Weight 16 lbs. 
(8. iii. 09.) 
1 . 
Iimculated with 4 c. c. of heart blood. 
8. 
Parasites appear, a few (PP). 
9. 
Parasites increasing in numbers. 
10. 
Dog not well. Parasites increased. 
11. 
Dog ill. Parasites more numerous. 
12. 
Dog very ill. Haemoglobinuria. 
(20. iii. 09.) 
13. 
Dog killed when moribund. Parasites 10 per field. 
Control 
Dog IV. 
Day 
Irish terrier. Weight about 19 lbs. 
(20. iii. 09.) 
1 . 
Inoculated with 7 c.c. of heart blood. 
3. 
Parasites appear in blood, 2 (PP) found in blood-film. 
4.- 
A few pyriform parasites found. 
5. 
Dog slightly ill; 2—3 infected r.b.c. per field. 
6. 
Dog ill; 10—12 infected r.b.c. per field. Haemoglobinuria. 
(26. in. 09.) 
7. 
Dog dying of piroplasmosis. Killed. 
Control 
Dog V. 
Day 
Adult mongrel Sky terrier. Weight about 14 lbs. 
(7. iv. 09.) 
1 . 
Inoculated'with 6 c.c. of heart blood. 
8. 
Dog ill. Haemoglobinuria. 
(15. iv. 09.) 
9. 
Dog died of piroplasmosis. 
