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tinuously progressive course, terminating fatally in about ten 
weeks from the time the first symptoms were noted. Reflexes 
totally absent from posterior extremities. 
POST-MORTEM SUMMARY. 
Body.—Shows marked emaciation. Heart.——Diastole, normal. 
Lungs.—Slight bronchial catarrh. Liver—Congested. Kidneys. 
—Congested. Spleen and Lymph Nodes—Marked anaemia. 
Stomach and Intestines—Show marked anaemia. Genito-Uri- 
nary Tract.—Negative. Osseous System.—Generalized decalcifi- 
cation. All long bones fracture under slight strain. Vertebrae 
soft and easily cut through with scalpel. Ribs and sternum 
almost entirely cartilaginous. 
GASES Vilit- 
Golden Baboon (Papio babuin).—This animal had been on ex- 
hibition about two years before symptoms of “cage paralysis” 
were manifested. Its case covered a period of about six months. 
Emaciation, mildly progressive. Persistent bronchial cough. 
POST-MORTEM SUMMARY. 
Body.—Poorly nourished ; superficial ulcerations at base of the 
tail and over the point of the ischium. Heart.—Fatty, soft and 
flabby. Lungs—Bronchitis; heavily oedematous throughout. 
Liver.—Congested. _ Kidneys—Congested; parenchymatous ne- 
phritis. Spleen and Lymph Nodes—Anaemic. Stomach and In- 
testines—Normal. Genito-Urinary Tract.—Negative. Osseous 
System.—All bones show advanced degeneration. Long bones 
easily fractured. Thorax greatly distorted, compressed laterally 
and cavity diminished considerably. 
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION. 
Cervical Cord.—The membranes of the cord show a light thick- 
ening, but no inflammatory exudate is demonstrable. The vessels 
of the membranes are generally thickened and are filled with blood 
cells, a few show slight haemorrhage by diapedesis. 
The general structure of the cord is not altered, but the lymph 
spaces are notably distended and the blood vessels congested. The 
walls of the blood vessels show quite a general hyaline degenera- 
