206 
COM PA RAT I V E PAT 1 1 ( ) LOG Y. 
was now omitted, but a little of the syrup of ginger was con- 
tinued. After this he rallied, and ate and drank very fairly. 
26th. — The watchman saw him about three o’clock this morn- 
ing, and there appeared to be nothing amiss. He ate some food 
that had been prepared for him. At four o’clock he was found 
in the act of dying. 
21th . — The poor patient was examined this afternoon, Sir 
James Anderson and Dr. Paris being present. The lungs were 
mostly of a pale pink colour, except where blood had been de- 
posited from the position of the animal after death. On feeling 
them small tumours were immediately detected, and on cutting 
into them numerous tubercles of different degrees of hardness ; 
and some of them, containing purulent matter, were perceived 
varying from a minute size to that of the top of a little finger. 
The heart was healthy, except that it, and the vessels immedi- 
ately connected with it, were distended by black coagulated 
blood. The stomach was filled with pultaceous food. The 
spleen was sound. The liver large, and beginning to be softened. 
The mucus being gently removed, a very light pink blush of in- 
flammation pervaded the whole of the intestinal canal. There 
was no apparent cause of death, except the distention of the 
heart, and that resulting from the lymphatic temperament of the 
animal. There was not strength to carry on the proper circula- 
tion of the blood. 
Although differing from Sir James Anderson and Dr. Paris in 
some points, I perfectly agree with them, that our best chance 
of saving these animals is to give them a warmer and more 
equal temperature. To this I would add, nutritious and some- 
what stimulating food, and a strictly observed course of iodine. 
Female Chimpanzee . 
September 6th, 1841. — Weakly, and coughs, but occasionally 
very lively. 
14 th. — Very little change. The cough slighter. Some erup- 
tion about her arms and chest. 
\6th. — The cough not so frequent or violent. Feeds well. 
17 th. —Cough still abating. 
26 th. — I was sent for in great haste. She lay at the bottom 
of the division — sensible — looking a little about her, but unable 
to move a limb. She was immediately put into a warm bath. 
The muscles rapidly relaxed ; and, having been rubbed well after 
she was taken from the bath, the use of them returned, and she 
slowly walked into her cage. A little syrup of ginger was given. 
