1886.] 



MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



11 



Each stage has stops for a Maltwood 

 finder, and also stops for the small 



Internal Parasites in Domestic 

 Fowls.* 



BY THOMAS TAYLOR, M. D. 



During the past 3^ear I examined 

 several sick domestic fowls to ascer- 

 tain the cause of their ailment. The 

 first examined was in a moribund 

 condition when received, and died 

 within an hour after it was brought to 

 my notice. Its comb was of a deep 

 red color — abnormally so, the tips be- 

 ing somewhat black. On dissection, 

 its general viscera presented noth- 

 ing peculiar, but on removing those 

 of the thorax and abdomen, the lungs 

 excepted, I observed on the intercos- 

 tal muscles bordering on the ribs 

 what resembled a superfi- 

 cial reddish pigment, in 

 streaks, while small specks 

 of various forms covered 



Fig. 6. — Bulloch's Liihological Stand (^ actual size.) 



lithological slides. Mr. Bulloch has 

 already made several of these elaborate 

 stands to order, which have given 

 much satisfaction to their owners. 



the lining of the abdominal cavity. 

 These varied in size from the point 



* Abstract from Pamphlet published by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



