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hair; beneath them it was thin, depressed, much irritated, 
red, and, after the removal of th z favus, exuded a small quan¬ 
tity of liquid serosity in which was found, on microscopical 
examination, a goodly number of spores, some filaments of 
mycelium, and epithelial cells. Otherwise the skin was not 
ulcerated. 
Such was the nature of the disease in the three rabbits on 
the 11th of June, when they were given up to us to study. 
It now remains to complete the history of each. 
On the morning of the 13th, No. 1, the most seriously 
affected, was found dead in its pen. This rapid demise could 
not be accounted for, as on the previous evening the animal 
appeared to be very well, and the autopsy did not reveal any 
grave lesion in the internal organs. 
Nos. 2 and 3 were all right. They were not submitted to 
any treatment, for before attempting to cure them we were 
desirous of observing the natural progress of the disease for 
some time. They were therefore kept under observation 
until the 24th of June, at which date they continued to be in 
good health; they were active, lively, and had a very good 
appetite. Their cutaneous affection underwent some modifi¬ 
cations which ought to be alluded to here. 
In No. 2 no new cups were seen; on the contrary, some 
had spontaneously disappeared, and the crusts of which they 
were composed fell off and were not reproduced; in their stead 
the skin was depilated, but sound, supple, and not inflamed. 
The disease seemed, therefore, to have a tendency to retrograde 
spontaneously rather than to extend. 
This was not the case with No. 3. In it the favi existing 
on the 11th had enlarged, and others had become developed 
on the head as well as on the body, and this creature was now 
as gravely affected as was No. 1 on the 11th. Nevertheless 
its general condition continued to be satisfactory. 
At this date it was decided that No. 3 should be submitted 
to curative treatment. Consequently it was prescribed that 
all the crusts should be detached one by one with the back 
of curved scissors, and the denuded parts afterwards dressed 
with the following liniment: 
Bichloride of mercury ... 1 gramme. 
Glycerine.100 grammes. 
Alcohol q. s. to dissolve the sublimate and fa¬ 
cilitate its incorporation with the glycerine. 
As was anticipated, the mechanical removal of the crusts 
could not be accomplished at one operation. Every day a 
certain number were got rid of, and at the same time the ex¬ 
posed surface was dressed with the liniment, 
