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play on the grass roll themselves down an eminence,—bleating 
all thetimein a plaintive tone. The eyes were retracted con¬ 
vulsively within their orbits, and when placed on its legs, it 
could not stand, but fell like a lump on the litter. However, 
during the day the symptoms somewhat abated. The 
animal got up by himself, and ate a little ; but the head was 
constantly carried on the right side. When made to move, 
its walk was feeble and unsteady. This amendment did not 
continue long, for on the 5th, it was again down on its right 
side, and, as on the previous day, rolled himself over and 
over, under the least excitement. From that time it was nearly 
always down, but would eat a little, mechanically, as it were, 
when fodder was put within its reach. If, on being turned 
over, it was accidently arrested on the left side, it appeared to 
suffer greatly. It now seemed to be unconscious; the head 
was sometimes thrown back on the withers, the nose being- 
extended upwards. It did not, however, remain long in this 
position, but made violent efforts to get on its right side ; in 
which position it was always quieter. On the 8th of May 
it died. 
On making an autopsia, there were found in the brain 43 
vesicles, varying in size from that of a mustard seed to a pea. 
They were distributed in the following manner : 25 were found 
in the left lobe, 16 in the right lobe, and only 2 in the cere¬ 
bellum. All were situated near the yellow matter, which 
covered the surface of the brain, and which had exactly the 
same appearance as that before described in the lambs. Here, 
also, we could recognize on the cranium, and in divers other 
regions, the traces manifested by the passage of the proscolex. 
The kids, Nos. 3 and 4, resisted all attempts to instil 
the embryo of the taenia coenurus into their nervous centres. 
The first took 23 segments obtained from the dog Rigolette, 
but all the effect produced, was a little dullness for three or 
four days. The second took 15 segments, taken from the 
young dogs that were killed, and five from the faecal matter 
of the dog still alive, yet nothing was found either in the 
cranium or other organs, appertaining to the administration 
of the taenia coenurus after their death. 
III.— Experiments on a Calf. 
The author has only experimented on one calf, to which 
he administered, on the l6th of April, 1859, 35 proglottides; 
on the 17th, two; on the 27th, ten; on the 11th of May, 
eight, and on the 20th, twelve or more, all taken from the dog 
Rigolette. 
At the beginning of May, the subject of this experiment 
showed some dullness. Its eyes were almost always half- 
