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Dr. F. D. Weidman; ^'A Note on the Lesions of the 
Female Genital Tract in Wild Animals/' by Dr. E. A. 
Schumann; ''Pancreatitis in Wild Animals," by Dr. 
Fox. The papers have been published in the British 
Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics. A 
limited number of separates have been ordered by the 
Society for distribution to interested parties. 
The important points brought out in the work from this 
Laboratory as indicated by the papers read at this meeting 
are as follows: Dr. Weidman's work on the gastric worms 
of parrots shows that, although the source and spread of 
this disease have eluded settlement, eradication can be 
obtained by diagnosis and hygiene. Dr. Weidman has 
further shown that while we attach little importance to 
infections with Coccidium higeminum, yet this parasite 
may be pathogenic and seems to have been so among our 
swift foxes. The distribution of the genus Uncinaria, or 
hookworm, is very wide among the zoological orders, as 
indicated by Dr. Weidman's literary search and personal 
work at the Laboratory. Dr. Schumann's work has shown 
that the variety and character of the lesions of the female 
genitalia follow evolutionary lines. In his own words, 
''It is axiomatic in medicine that the more highly spec- 
ialized the organ or tissue, the more varied and complex the 
lesion in which it may be involved. Therefore, in studying 
the female genital tract in animals, it should follow that 
the higher the species in the mammalian cycle, the more 
complicated and specialized are the female reproductive 
organs, and in equal ratio do these organs become more 
and more subject to defects and diseases. " Drs. Langdon 
and Cadwalader's case of amblyopia showed merely a 
mild calcification of a few of the cortical arteries and 
edema of the pia. Lesions of the optic nerve tract and 
center were missing. Dr. Cadwalader shows that apo- 
plexy, cerebral softening, arteriosclerosis and the system 
diseases of the spinal cord are exceedingly rare in wild 
animals, probably due to the absence of such causative 
factors as lues and senility. Nervous system disease in 
animals is not common, as indicated by the paucity of 
reports in the literature. 
