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The above table shows that nine out of nineteen 
showed either loose bowels or had vomited, indicating 
the gastro-intestinal tract as the organ at fault. In five 
cases the stools were bloody. In three cases worms were 
vomited. Only two of the animals at autopsy failed to 
show a frank inflammation, either acute or chronic, of 
the alimentary canal. That these were outspoken cases 
and could admit of no error in diagnosis is evinced by the 
frequency with which the terms hemorrhagic," ''folli- 
cular" and ''membranous" appear. The lymphadenitis 
so frequently mentioned of late refers to the mesenteric 
nodes, and is secondary to the primary lesion. 
In regard to the parasites, cats of all kinds are notor- 
ious for harboring worms. Neumann discusses the 
Bothriocephalus felts and concludes by saying that "it 
is not known that they do the animals any harm." The 
fact that the wild cat living here longest (2392), i. e., 
nine years, showed no worms anywhere, even upon care- 
ful search, and that the same is true of the next oldest 
inhabitant (138) who was here three years and ten months, 
may have some bearing upon this subject. 
The table shows that five of the cats harbored filarice. 
This worm is found coiled in a most intricate manner in 
the loose areolar tissue of the intermuscular fascice, gen- 
erally in the thigh muscles. In the one case seen by me 
it was between the internal abdominal and psoas muscles. 
The tail, from which much might have been gained for 
identification, was lost in extracting. This specimen 
was a female, measured 25 Cm. in length, 0.5 Mm. in 
breadth. The head is simple, lips simple, cephalic ex- 
termity bluntly rounded. Esophagus straight. From 
the broken end projected the gut and two ovarian tubes. 
This worm, as with all filarice, was viviparous. The 
still living embryos from abdominal aorta of cat measure 
280 to 330 microns in length, 4 microns in breadth. 
They have a delicate sheath, a lashing motion, and no 
progression. Stained specimens exhibit deep blue spots 
at irregular intervals, not uniformly enough to be estab- 
lished as head or tail spots. 
