Surra. 35
Body weight |
|||||
Sept. |
22nd |
... 1.5 gm. of Orp |
Tryps. |
absent |
265 |
„ |
24th |
... 50 c.c. of 4% Atoxyl |
„ |
„ |
274 |
„ |
26th |
... 60 c.c. of 4% Atoxyl |
„ |
„ |
282 |
Oct. |
1st |
... 50 c.c. of 4% Atoxyl |
„ |
„ |
256 |
„ |
3rd |
... 1.5 gm. of Orp. |
„ |
„ |
245 |
„ |
5th |
... 50 c.c. of 4% Atoxyl |
„ |
„ |
246 |
Severe colic followed and the pony died on 7th October
1908.
PONY 289.
Body weight |
|||||
Sept |
28th |
... Inoculated with Surra |
...... |
200 |
|
Oct. |
5th |
... ...... |
Tryps. |
appeared in blood |
196 |
„ |
5th |
... 25 c.c. of 1% Tartar Eme- |
...... |
... |
|
...... |
7th |
... 1 gm. of Orp. |
„ |
absent |
200 |
„ |
9th |
... 25 c.c. of 1% Tartar Eme- |
„ |
„ |
204 |
„ |
11th |
... 1.5 gms. of Orp. |
„ |
„ |
215 |
„ |
13th |
... 25 c.c. of 1% Tartar Eme- |
„ |
„ |
212 |
„ |
15th |
... 1.5 gms. of Orp. |
„ |
„ |
198 |
„ |
16th |
.. Feeds slowly. Temp. |
„ |
„ |
198 |
Severe colic followed and the pony died on 19th October
1908.
At the time of publication of this Memoir, June 1909, the
following ponies are still under daily observations :—Nos. 288,
292, 285, 283, 260, 263, 245, 247, 249 and 250.
No Trypanosomes have appeared in their blood. All the
animals remain in good condition.
Pony No. 245 and Horse No. 263 have been doing hard
work.
It will be noticed that the doses of orpiment used by
Laveran and Thiroux are much larger than the amounts which
our animals tolerated. They administered up to 30 gms. of
orpiment. The maximum amount which the heaviest horse
treated by us could stand was 3 gms.
This is explained by the fact that the French Authors
used "Orpiment Precipite," while we employed commercial
samples of the drug, and of this there are two samples ; one