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mountain zebra died from a protracted attack of enteritis. 
The saddle-backed tapir showed an acute inflammation 
of the intestine ; his resistance was lowered by the presence 
of tuberculosis of the lung. The death of the harnessed 
antelope was due to an acute infection of the lung, 
spreading from an abscess around a tuberculous lymphatic 
gland. The large male lion suffered from several attacks of 
acute enteritis during his lifetime, and at one time, some 
years ago, it was thought that he would die. Nevertheless 
he picked up and his intestinal condition seemed satis- 
factory, although he never quite regained his plumpness 
and sleekness. Suddenly in December he was taken with 
symptoms of acute enteritis, a diagnosis confirmed at 
autopsy. Evidences of the old trouble were found. The 
large Bactrian camel succumbed to senility assisted by 
cirrhosis of the liver. Two penguins died of mould infec- 
tion involving the lung and air sacs. 
Dr. Weidman has still in charge the subject of animal 
parasitology; the more important work of the year is 
outlined in the second section, and a note of his contribu- 
tions will be made below. Dr. Cadwalader assists the 
Laboratory by investigating the nervous system where- 
ever observations made at postmortem direct attention 
to this field. Dr. Schumann continues his work upon the 
female genitalia and his direct study of dystocia. 
On May 27th of last year the Philadelphia Pathological 
Society met in the Museum at the invitation of the Direc- 
tors. Dr. Penrose made some introductory remarks show- 
ing the scope of the work. Several interesting individual 
specimens were presented by Dr. Weidman and myself 
and the following papers were read: Remarks on the 
Results of the Examination of a Series of Wild Animal 
Brains," by Dr. W. B. Cadwalader; ^'Remarks on a 
Case of Amblyopia in a Young Monkey," by Dr. W. B. 
Cadwalader and Dr. H. M. Langdon; ^'Report of an 
Enzootic of Parasitic Proventricular Worms (Spiroptera 
incerta Smith) in Parrots with Control of Same," by Dr. 
F. D. Weidman; ^'A Sarcoptes (sp?) Parasitic in Bron- 
chiectatic Cavities of a Monkey (Macacus rhesus)/' by 
