182 
The Cure of Piroplasmosis 
Dog 8. 
Small mongrel terrier, about 5 months old. Weight 11 lbs. Received four doses of 
drug. 
Day 
(1. m. 09.) 1. 
5. 
6 . 
7. 
8 . 
9. 
10—13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18—21. 
22 . 
23. 
24—25. 
26. 
27—30. 
33. 
34. 
36. 
37. 
38—39. 
40. 
41. 
42. 
(11. iv. 09.) 43. 
Inoculated with 5 c.c. of heart blood. 
A few parasites in the blood. 
Treatment begun : 5'5 c.c. of 1 °/ 0 Trypanblau. 
No parasites found. 
5 9 99 9 9 
Treatment: 5'5 c.c. of 1 °/ 0 Trypanblau. 
No parasites found; swelling at seat of drug injection. 
,, ,, ,, swelling disappeared. 
Dog looks well. No parasites found. 
Dog not examined. 
Dog looks well, has gained in weight (now 12 lbs.). A very few rounded 
parasites found. 
Dog looks well. A few rounded and several pyriform parasites found. 
One rounded parasite found in blood film. 
Treatment: 6 c.c. of sat. sol. Trypanblau. 
No parasites found. 
Several pyriform (PP) parasites found in film. 
Three infected corpuscles found in film (O). 
No parasites found. 
Two infected corpuscles found in film: 1 (PP), 1 (O). 
No parasites found. 
Dog lively, its weight has risen to 13 lbs. 
Dog lively; 2 rounded parasites found. Temperature normal. 
Several (PP) parasites found. Temperature normal. 
Treatment: 6 c.c. of 1 °/ 0 Trypanblau. 
Few rounded parasites found; one r.b.e. contained 4 rounded parasites. 
Temperature normal. 
Ditto. 
Three infected r.b.e. (O) found after long search. Temperature 102-4° F. 
Two infected r.b.e. found. Temperature 102-6° F. Dog unwell. 
No parasites. Bog ill with distemper, copious discharge from eyes and 
nostrils, polynuclear leucocytosis. Temperature 99‘6° F. 
Dog died. No parasites found in heart blood and spleen-smears. Death 
due apparently to distemper. 
Control Dog I (see p. 170) died on the 8th day after inoculation. 
Dog 9. 
Terrier puppy. Weight 7 lbs. Received two doses of drug. 
Day 
(20. in. 09.) 1. 
5. 
6 . 
7. 
8—15. 
Inoculated with 5 c.c. of heart blood. 
2 (O) parasites found in film. 
10 a.m., very few infected r.b.e. at film-edge 
11.30 a.m., few infected r.b.e. at film-edge 
Treatment: 3-5 c.c. of sat. sol. Trypanblau. 
3.30 p.m., few infected r.b.e. all over film 
6 p.m., fewer ,, ,, ,, 
3.30 p.m., very few parasites at edge of film. 
Swelling at seat of drug injection. 
10 a.m. daily, the blood examined for para¬ 
sites, with negative results. 
The infected r. b. c. contained 
parasites as follows 
1 ° 
ft 
ft 
pi4p 
40 
50 
5 
5 
92 
6 
0 
1 
98 
2 
0 
0 
100 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
