TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 139 



The Altai wapiti doe was so badly gored by her mate that 14 

 interrupted stitches, over an inch apart, were necessary to close 

 the wounds in the abdominal muscles alone. That this animal's 

 life was saved is due in a large measure to the excellent care taken 

 of her by the keeper in charge. 



The serval's injuries, consisting of a fractured foreleg and 

 badly lacerated muscles and ligaments, were inflicted by the big 

 male ocelot, occupying an adjoining cage, which in some unac- 

 countable manner succeeded in drawing the slender leg of the 

 serval into its own cage and viciously attacking it. Only the for- 

 tunate arrival of a keeper prevented the leg from being destroyed 

 beyond repair. After the animal was moved to the hospital the 

 muscles were sutured together, the wounds dressed, and the limb 

 placed in plaster bandages. Within five weeks, recovery was com- 

 plete, and the animal was returned to its cage. 



The Florida deer was badly prodded in the neck and about the 

 head by one of the young bucks in the same corral. These in- 

 juries responded to treatment, making a slow but complete re- 

 covery. 



A most peculiar injury was that to the Russian brown bear, 

 which was received in a tussle with one of the big hairy-eared 

 bears. In some manner one of the Russian bear's upper canine 

 teeth was driven completely through its own lip. The frantic 

 efforts of the bear to release the lip were not successful, but 

 only served more firmly to fix the tooth in the muscle and skin. 



The injured bear was quickly driven into a shifting cage and 

 transferred to one of the hospital cages, when he was securely 

 bound to the bars. After considerable manipulation of the lip 

 and cheek by means of long and strong forceps the lip was 

 disengaged from the tooth, to the manifest relief of the animal. 



The injuries to the Eskimo dog, " Bridge," were especially 

 severe and painful, and were produced by " Bridge's " enemy, 

 the black coyote, which occupies the adjoining den. The injury 

 consisted of a badly crushed left forefoot and leg, which kept him 

 in the hospital for several weeks. 



Traninatic Pericarditis. — The most valuable animal lost during 

 the year was a buffalo cow, which was killed by the penetration 

 of the heart by a piece of hay baling-wire 5 inches in length, 

 producing the fatal disease of traumatic pericarditis. 



The anatomical arrangement of the pericardium and its rela- 

 tion to neighboring organs renders the bovine of all animals the 

 most susceptible to pericarditis due to the introduction of foreign 

 bodies. As a result of this anatomical arrangement any sharply 



