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tinuously progressive course, terminating fatally in about ten 

 weeks from tlie time the first symptoms were noted. Reflexes 

 totally absent from posterior extremities. 



POST-MORTEM Sl'M MARV. 



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. — Ceneralized decalcifi- 

 cation. All long bones fracture under slight strain. X'ertebrae 

 soft and easily cut through with scalpel. Ribs and sternum 

 almost entirely cartilaginous. 



Case viti. 



Golden Baboon {Papio babnin ). — 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 A' odes. — 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 considerabl}'. 



^r^CK()SC0PIC exam i. nation. 



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 tilled with bl<iod 

 cells, a few show slight haemorrhage by diapedesis. 



The general structure of the cord is not altered, but the lymph 

 spaces are notably distended ami thr Mood vessels congested. The 

 walls of till' hi' Kid vessels show ([uite a general li\ aline dcgenera- 



