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had been afflicted with swollen feet for eleven months 
when brought to the infirmary. The soles of the feet 
were crusted and from the fissures between the toes and 
the crusts numerous maggots were extracted. A marked 
improvement followed regular dressings, with applica- 
tions of salicylic acid ointment, and then the disease was 
found to be essentially a villous hyperplasia of the skin 
over both the sole and dorsum of the feet, with occasional 
ulceration. Examination of material from the feet by 
laboratory methods showed at one time the mycelium 
of a fungus, but this disappeared as treatment was con- 
tinued. The disease did not, however, also disappear, 
and the fungus was never seriously considered as the 
cause. Histological examination of skin from the foot 
showed connective tissue villi covered by condensed 
epiderm. No characterictic specific disease like tuber- 
culosis was indicated. After being treated for three 
months in the infirmary the bird was killed and found 
tuberculous. In view of this it is probable that the skin 
lesions was also tuberculous in nature, without giving 
any distinctive morphological evidences of it. 
Molluscum contagiosum on head of turkey (Meleagris 
gallopavo silvestris No. 5321). 
The bird's head was affected universally from beak to 
ears by horny nodules up to the size of a pea. They 
were so large and numerous around the eyes as to com- 
pletely close them. There were no lesions elsewhere on 
the body, none of the other turkeys were similarly affected, 
and though watched, none have since developed a similar 
condition. 
Histological examination shows a keratosis, many of 
whose cells show characteristic ''molluscum bodies'' 
which appear the same and behave the same tinctorially 
as the human examples. This turkey case differs from 
the human, however, in that there are none of the pocket- 
like epithelial extensions deep down into the corium and 
this turkey case may be very useful in the further study 
which is contemplated to show that such things as 
molluscum bodies are not sufficient of themselves to 
