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proof of this, I may mention the writings of Dr. Krabbe of 
Copenhagen, which I have already published. 
Before mentioning the results of his own experiments, Dr. 
Krabbe indicates those obtained by Hunter, 37°5, by Sanderson, 
37°9 to 39°2, by Fleming, 38°5 to 39°3, by Davy, 38°9 ; then he 
adds that out of 446 observations, taken on 24 animals, he had 
obtained an average of 38°8. 
From the observations that I made, I came to the conclusion 
that the extreme variations of temperature were between 37°5 
and 38°9, in average 38°2. 
Temperature in diseases .—I believe, if not in error, that Prof. 
Gamgee was the first to notice the elevation of the temperature 
of cattle in rinderpest, in 1865. After him, Doctor Burdon 
Sanderson, of England, in 1866, and Gerlach, of Germany, 1867, 
corroborated his observations, and Stockfleth, of Denmark, 
^noticed also the conditions of temperature in foot and mouth 
disease. 
The Belgian government, having learned of the works of 
Doctor Sanderson, requested me to ascertain their correctness 
when the rinderpest existed in Belgium in 1865 and following 
years. My observations, entirely agreeing with those of Prof. 
Gamgee, were reported to our government. 
Veterinary journals, at different times, reported similar ex¬ 
periments. For instance, the Annates de Medicine Veterinaire 
of Belgium contain an analysis, made by Mr. Ch. Siegen, of an 
article by M. Schmelz, treating of the temperature in different 
diseases of animals. For Schmelz the normal heat is 29°5 
(.Reaumur). In resuming his observations, taken on horses, he 
concludes “ that each diminution in the temperature is a favor¬ 
able sign in the course of acute diseases, even when the other 
symptoms remain stationary.” 
M. Schmelz only observed on the horse; as far as it concerns 
pleuro-pneumonia of cattle, I cannot agree with him. Indeed, 
the figures that I have obtained, have proved to me that though 
the internal temperature of the body of animals thus affected may 
diminish, the ordinary symptoms of the disease may become 
aggravated. 
