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12. (1894.) A 19-year-old male, who died after three days' 

 illness with bubonic plague, had in addition to the lesions attrib- 

 utable to plague a "large" thymus and an hypoplastic aorta 

 and lymphoid hyperplasia in the intestines. Bacillus pestis was 

 isolated from this case. 



13. (2114.) A 6-year-old male, whose duration of illness was 

 given as four days and on whom a diagnosis of probable grippe 

 was made, had a 37-gram thymus, hyperplasia of the lymphoid 

 tissue of the pharyngeal ring, intestine, mesenteric and superfi- 

 cial lymphatic glands, acute suppurative otitis media, and chronic 

 fibrous pleurisy. A Gram-positive diplococcus resembling a 

 pneumococcus was found in films from the left middle ear. 

 Cultures from the spleen were negative. 



II. CASES OF STATUS LYMPHATICUS 



14. (1933.) A 2^-year-old girl, who was ill one hour with 

 undetermined diagnosis, had a slight enteritis, hyperplasia of 

 the lymphoid tissue of the pharyngeal ring, spleen, intestine, 

 and mesenteric lymphatic glands, dilatation of the right ventricle, 

 and congestion and oedema of the lungs. The thymus was of 

 normal size. 



15. (1929.) A 7-year-old boy, who was said to have been ill 

 thirty minutes with undetermined diagnosis, had a 13-gram 

 thymus and hyperplasia of the lymphoid tissue of the pharyngeal 

 ring, spleen, mesenteric lymphatic glands, and intestine (ileum 

 and colon), slight acute enteritis, dilatation of the right ventricle, 

 and an "unusually small" thyroid. 



16. (1799.) A 15-month-old female, whose duration of illness 

 and clinical diagnosis were unknown, had an 18-gram thymus 

 and hyperplasia of the lymphoid tissue of the pharyngeal ring, 

 spleen, intestine, and mesenteric lymphatic glands. In addition, 

 there were ecchymoses in the pleura and duodenum, and no 

 other gross pathological phenomena aside from congestion of 

 the kidneys. 



17. (1764.) A 5^-year-old girl, who had numerous fractures 

 from collision with a trolley car, had a 12-gram thymus and 

 hyperplasia of the lymphoid tissue of the pharjmgeal ring, 

 spleen, and intestine. 



18. (1767.) A 17-year-old female, who was ill ten days after 

 parturition and was supposed to have had acute beriberi, had a 

 cyst of the pituitary gland, a small thymus, and hypoplastic 



