168 PARASITIC AMGEBJS OF MAN. 



October 30, the animal showed amosbse in the feces, 

 soon developed a bloody diarrhoea and was killed upon 

 November 21, the infection having lasted approxi- 

 mately 30 days. 



Kitten 1. Body that of a half -grown kitten, very 

 greatly emaciated. The abdomen is greatly distended 

 with gas. The mucous membrane of the anus 

 appears swollen and a considerable amount of blood- 

 stained mucus is adherent to it. The subcutaneous 

 fat has almost entirely disappeared and the muscles 

 appear dry and atrophied. The pleural cavities 

 are free from fluid and the lungs appear normal. 

 The heart is greatly congested and contains red clots 

 in all the chambers. The liver is hypertrophied, 

 deeply congested, and marked albuminoid degenera- 

 tion is present, but there is no trace of abscess forma- 

 tion. The kidneys are congested and upon section 

 present the usual lesions of an acute parenchymatous 

 nephritis. The omentum contains a small amount 

 of fat and is not inflamed. The bladder is filled 

 with urine. 



The intestines are greatly dilated with gas and 

 fluid. Upon external examination the large intes- 

 tine appears swollen, is grayish in color, with small, 

 darker colored areas scattered along it. Upon open- 

 ing the large intestine the mucous membrane of the 

 rectum is found considerably swollen and inflamed, 



