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gcis incident to tlic research. His thanks are ofiered to several 
persons who have aided him, more especially to his industrious 
and energetic assistant Mr. E. B. Bheem and to Capt. Bendire, 
II. S. A. It is proper to add that the greater part of the expen¬ 
ses of the investigation have been borne by the National Museum. 
( Concluded .) 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
EXPERIMENTS WITH ESERINE. 
By R. T. Whittlesey, D.V.S., Los Angeles, Cal. 
Case 1 , ch. g.—Gave one gr. hypodermically; got increased 
murmur, but no passage of flatus or faeces at all. 
Case 2, br. g.—Been colicy for several hours before I saw it at 
5 p.m., and gave aloes ball and 2^ gr. morphia hyp. Bain ceased. 
Called again at 9.30. Had been in pain for about an hour; gave 1 
gr. ezerina. Showed only a little pain after the injection; some 
escape of flatus: in 30 minutes very marked peristaltic movement. 
Watched the case an hour but no passage of faeces. 
Case 3, g. g.—Colic from change of feed to wheat straw 
chopped with ground feed. At 10 a.m. gave aloes ball and 5 gr. 
morphia. At 5 p.m. another 5 gr. morphia hypodermically. At 
10.30 p.m. another 5 gr. morphia. The pain would cease after 
each of these for several hours. At 6 a.m. administered I gr. 
eserine hypodermically; watched it an hour; no effect except 
that there was little or no pain. 10a.m., he was still having pain 
at times; gave 1 gr. eserine freshly dissolved ;• in fifteen minutes 
pain increased, and in just forty minutes there was a small evac¬ 
uation, soon followed by another, and in the next thirty minutes 
there was eight evacuations, the last very watery. 
This last dose of eserine was freshly dissolved ; the others I 
am satisfied had been dissolved for several weeks. 
Case 4, b. g.—Had been overfed on ground barley in the 
morning. Saw him at 5 p.m.; gave 5 gr. morphia and an aloes ball; 
was quiet most of the time until 10 p.m., when I gave another 5 
gi. morphia, but did not get the desired effect as the pain con- 
