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There occurred as usual a number of deaths of valuable 
animals about which a few words will be interesting. 
The Southern Giraffe died after an illness of about a week 
manifested by refusal to eat and actions suggesting 
intestinal discomfort. He was found to have a de- 
structive form of pancreatitis, acute gastritis, early 
cirrhosis of the liver and inflammation of the gall blad- 
der. Many hook-worms were found in the bile channels, 
a form of parasitism which could not have been reached 
medically and which very probably were responsible for 
the hepatic and pancreatic disease. It is interesting to 
note that the Giraffe which died in 1917 had very similar 
findings, the worms being the same and in the same 
location. A Burchell's Zebra, in the collection six years, 
had always exhibited a tendency to heaves. At autopsy 
a definite chronic gastro-enteritis of long standing had 
had engrafted upon it an acute indigestion which gave 
rise to acute tympanites especially of the stomach. The 
contents of the organ did not seem incorrect in any way. 
A Silver Gibbon was in poor condition at arrival so 
that he was confined to the quarantine room. His 
death was due to hemorrhagic septicemia contracted 
before delivery at the Garden. Another death shortly 
after arrival was that of an Entellus Monkey. There 
existed a severe inflammation of the respiratory tract, 
with a beginning extension of the disease from the nose 
to the cerebral meninges. Bacterial cultures from this 
animal revealed the pneumococcus and the pneumobacil- 
lus (of Friedlander) . This case is the more interesting 
in view of the fact that a few weeks later the Snow 
Leopard, the beautiful specimen at the north end of the 
Carnivora House, died with the same bacterial infection 
and very similar pathology. These cases are significant 
since during this winter there have been many cases of 
so-called influenza amongst human beings and the 
physical findings in these animals is not far from what 
can occur in humans with this disease. Etiologically 
considered the organisms found in these two specimens 
can cause in man changes comparable to influenza. The 
