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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  skii) 
  from 
  inflammation 
  of 
  bladder, 
  November 
  27, 
  1921 
  ; 
  an 
  Arabian 
  

   camel, 
  hemorrhagic 
  cystitis, 
  April 
  3, 
  1922; 
  a 
  female 
  Eocky 
  Moun- 
  

   tain 
  sheep 
  from 
  metroperitonitis, 
  June 
  6, 
  1922; 
  two 
  Count 
  Eaggi's 
  

   birds 
  of 
  paradise, 
  enteritis, 
  February 
  7 
  and 
  9, 
  1922; 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  

   trumpeter 
  swan, 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  M. 
  Barnes, 
  Lacon, 
  111., 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  on 
  deposit 
  since 
  April 
  15, 
  1917. 
  The 
  swan 
  died 
  

   of 
  tuberculosis 
  of 
  the 
  liver 
  on 
  June 
  14, 
  1922. 
  

  

  Post-mortem 
  examinations 
  were 
  made, 
  in 
  most 
  cases, 
  by 
  the 
  

   pathological 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Animal 
  Industry. 
  Two 
  

   examinations 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Adolph 
  H. 
  Schultz, 
  of 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  

   Institution, 
  Laboratory 
  of 
  Embryology, 
  and 
  one 
  by 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  

   Stiles 
  at 
  the 
  Hygienic 
  Laboratory, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Public 
  Health 
  Serv- 
  

   ice. 
  The 
  following 
  list 
  shows 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  autopsies, 
  the 
  cases 
  

   being 
  arranged 
  by 
  groups 
  : 
  

  

  CAUSES 
  OF 
  DEATH. 
  

   MAMMALS. 
  

  

  Marsupialia: 
  Congestion 
  of 
  lungs, 
  1; 
  pleurisy 
  and 
  pneumonia, 
  1; 
  enteritis, 
  

   2 
  ; 
  septicemia, 
  1 
  ; 
  accident, 
  1 
  ; 
  old 
  age, 
  1. 
  

  

  Carnivora 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  1 
  ; 
  tuberculosis, 
  2 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  gastroenteritis, 
  3 
  ; 
  

   old 
  age, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  Rodentia: 
  Tuberculosis, 
  1; 
  septic 
  pleuropneumonia, 
  1; 
  enteritis, 
  2. 
  

  

  Primates: 
  Bronchopneumonia, 
  1; 
  tuberculosis, 
  1; 
  enteritis, 
  1; 
  gastroenteri- 
  

   tis, 
  1 
  ; 
  colitis, 
  2 
  ; 
  parasitic 
  peritonitis, 
  2. 
  

  

  Artiodactyla 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  1 
  ; 
  verminous 
  bronchopneumonia, 
  2 
  ; 
  pleurisy, 
  1 
  ; 
  

   tuberculosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  metroperitonitis, 
  1 
  ; 
  hemorrhagic 
  cystitis, 
  1 
  ; 
  

   pyemia, 
  1 
  ; 
  anemia, 
  1 
  ; 
  accident, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  Perissodactyla 
  : 
  Tuberculosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  prolapse 
  of 
  rectum, 
  1. 
  

  

  Sirenia 
  : 
  Peritonitis, 
  1. 
  

  

  BIRDS. 
  

  

  Ratitse: 
  Pleurisy 
  and 
  peritonitis, 
  1. 
  

  

  Ciconiiformes 
  : 
  Aspergillosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  anemia, 
  3 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  5. 
  

   Anseriformes 
  : 
  Tuberculosis, 
  6 
  ; 
  aspergillosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  1 
  ; 
  abscess 
  of 
  in- 
  

   testine, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  4. 
  

   Falconiformes 
  : 
  Anemia, 
  1 
  ; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

   Galliformes: 
  Enteritis, 
  4; 
  anemia, 
  1. 
  

   Gruiformes: 
  No 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  Charadriif 
  ormes 
  : 
  Pneumonia, 
  2; 
  aspergillosis, 
  1; 
  no 
  cause 
  found, 
  2. 
  

   Coraciiformes 
  : 
  No 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

   Passeriformes 
  : 
  Aspergillosis, 
  1 
  ; 
  enteritis, 
  4 
  ; 
  abscess 
  of 
  lung, 
  1. 
  

  

  REPTILES. 
  

  

  Serpentes 
  : 
  No 
  cause 
  found, 
  1. 
  

  

  A 
  total 
  of 
  68 
  specimens 
  — 
  26 
  mammals, 
  25 
  birds, 
  and 
  17 
  reptiles 
  — 
  

   of 
  special 
  scientific 
  importance, 
  were 
  transferred 
  after 
  death 
  to 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum. 
  Four 
  dead 
  mammals 
  were 
  de- 
  

  

  