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remarkable that the diseases can be considered identical 
either in etiology or pathology. 
A physical examination of the human subject reveals a 
rapid, weak pulse, ranging from too to 140 beats per minute. 
The temperature, according to Hypolite, ranges from 100-4° 
F. to I04 Q F. and in the majority of cases rises from the begin¬ 
ning to the end of the attack. Between the convulsions it 
falls only slightly, to rise again with the return of the spasms. 
There is usually but little urine in the bladder, consequent 
upon a diminished secretion immediately preceding the attack. 
In fact, complete anuria exists in many cases. 
A similar examination of the cow in parturient apoplexy 
reveals a pulse which, during the stages of delirium occurring 
at the beginning of the attack, is slightly increased in fre¬ 
quency ; but as the disease advances and coma becomes well 
marked, it is slow and weak. The temperature gradually falls 
from the beginning until death, or until the disease begins to 
abate; with, perhaps, a slight upward tendency during the 
stages of excitement which usher in the disease. The bladder 
is usually distended with urine, owing to an increased secre¬ 
tion immediately preceding the attack, and in no case is 
anuria a present until after well-marked paralysis. 
From the above we notice that in women the pulse is fast 
and weak , temperature high , and urine scant; while in the cow 
the pulse is slow and weak , temperature low , and urine abun- 
dant. 
It is usually sought to explain away these differences, as 
well as all others, by the erroneous assumption that they 
are due to the differences in the organisms affected. The 
physiological differences between the two classes of patients, 
although slight, might account for certain trival differences 
in the clinical phenomena, but neither comparative physiology 
nor actual clinical experience justifies the belief that they ac¬ 
count for a high temperature in the one patient and a low 
temperature in the other. 
All authorities on human medicine agree that in women 
sufficiency from eclampsia the temperature is elevated above 
normal. Veterinarians are equally unanimous that in cows 
