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tions. Tlie eggs of the Stroiyifhis filaria are frequently hatclied in 

 the lungs of sheep, and then extensive inflammation of the respiratory 

 organs may be occasioned. Again, they sometimes lay eggs in masses 

 in the smaller bronchial tubes, and, on section, such lungs present a 

 tubercle-like appearance. I have never yet come across a case of 

 tuberculosis in sheep. I have, however, frequently observed a tubercle- 

 like appearnce, but the microscopic examination has always revealed 

 such cases to be degenerating hydatid cysts or " worm nests." 



