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Deputy Surgeon-General LEWER asked to be allowed to state that there was one point he had omitted to mention. Quinine had no effect whatever on his wife's fever.
The Chairman having to leave at this stage, the chair was taken by the Colonial Surgeon, Dr. AYRES.
EVIDENCE OF MR. J. B. CoUGHTRIE.
196. Had you fever in 1887?
A. Yes.
By Dr. Ayres.
197.-How often and at what dates?
dates.
A.-Tolerably frequently towards the end of the year, but I kept no record of the
198.-Were the attacks all of the same character?
A. Yes.
199.-Can you describe an attack?
A.-Severe chills during which nothing would make you warm, lasting sometimes for hours and then relief would come in the form of heat, but during the chills there was very violent sickness and vomiting.
200.-Did they occur day by day?
A.-No, there was an interval of a day. They occurred about every other day as
long as they lasted.
201.-Had you any diarrhoea?
A.-No diarrhoea.
202. Had you any fever prior to 1887?
A. Yes in 1878, I think.
203.-Were you residing in the same house then?
A. No, I lived at "Belmont" in 1878.
204. Since your first attack in 1887 have you resided anywhere else than in the house in which you acquired the fever?
A. Yes, at the Peak.
205.-Had you many attacks in your previous residence?
A.-No, not many attacks in Belmont.
206.-How many years did you reside there?
A.-About eleven years.
207.-You had some attacks but have kept no record of them?
A.--In Belmont in 1876? [Yes]. Several.
Several. I think it was in consequence of
going to a house which had been partially pulled down and rebuilt, sleeping in a room
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