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Excerpt from Texas Fever: 1. Experiments Confirming the "Tick Theory"; 2. Experiments on the Prevention of Texas Fever; 3. Disinfection of Pastures; 4. Experiments to Determine if the Australian Cattle Fever Is Identical With Texas Fever It will also be seen that no estimations are recorded of the diminution in the number of corpuscles that occurs in this disease. Here, too, fortunately, such determinations by use of the haemacytometer would have added nothing of practical value, since the cases were of such well marked character as to render the use of this more delicate aid to diagnosis unneces sary. On cow No. 3 an attempt was made to obtain a count of the corpuscles, but the carrying out of such work with an un ruly cow for a subject, and in the open an exposed to sun and wind, is much more difficult than is a similar determination at the bedside of the human patient, or in the laboratory. The liability of the introduction of elements of error by the unfavor able conditions, as well as the lack of time on account of the burden of other more pressing duties, led to the abandonment. Of further attempts to make these determinations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.