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DISEASE IN CAPTIVE WILD MAMMALS AND BIRDS INCIDENCE, DESCRIPTION, COMPARISON
BY HERBERT FOX, M.D.
PATHOLOGIST TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA, DIRECTOR OF THE WILLIAM PEPPER CLINICAL LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
WITH A FOREWORD BY CHARLES B. PENROSE, M.D.
PRESIDENT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, LONDON & CHICAGO J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1923, BY HERBERT FOX
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO CHARLES BINGHAM PENROSE, M.D., PH.D., LL.D. IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF HIS FRIENDSHIP AND OF HIS GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THIS LABORATORY.
Numerical List of Autopsies Upon Which the Work is Based.
II. DISEASES OF THE HEART 48
III. DISEASES OF THE BLOOD VESSELS 66
IV. DISEASES OF THE BLOOD AND BONE MARROW 83
V. DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATIC TISSUES INCLUDING SPLEEN 114
VI. DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT 134
VII. DISEASES OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT
The Tube Proper 166
The Liver 222
The Pancreas 244
The Peritoneum 260
VIII. DISEASES OF THE URINARY TRACT 263
The Kidney
IX. DISEASES OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 287
X. DISEASES OF THE MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 313
XI. DISEASES OF THE DUCTLESS GLANDS.
The Thyroid 316
The Thymus 336
The Suprarenal 336
XII. DISEASES OF THE SKELETON AND ITS JOINTS 343
XIII. DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SPECIAL SENSES 372
The Eye 402
XIV. CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES 410
XV. THE RELATION OF DIET TO DISEASE BY E. P. CORSON-WHITE, M.D. 415
XVI. NEOPLASMS 462
XVII. THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Tuberculosis 483
Mycosis 558
Streptothricosis 567
Miscellaneous Infections 596
XVIII. ANIMAL PARASITES, THEIR INCIDENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE, BY F. D. WEIDMAN, M.D. 614
LIST OF TABLES
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1. The incidence of degenerative and inflammatory changes in the heart 51
2. The incidence of hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart with principal associated lesions 57
3. A condensation of the important features of Tables 1 and 2 63
4. The heart-to-body-weight ratios 63
5. The incidence of arteriosclerosis 71
6. The differential percentage of the circulating leucocytes in a number of different animals 84
7. The various types of splenitis 126
8. The incidence of the various types of bronchitis and of pulmonary parasites 142
9. The incidence of the various forms of pneumonia 150
10. An analysis of cases of abscess and gangrene of the lung 156
11. The incidence of gastroenterocolitis, its distribution and an analysis of the causes 182
12. An analysis of the inflammations of the alimentary tract in Ungulata 196
13. An analysis of the inflammations of the alimentary tract in Marsupialia 200
14. An analysis of the cases of pancreatitis, the associated pathology and the details of the anatomy of various orders 252
15. The weight of the thyroid body in relation to body weight 318
16. The incidence of the various enlargements of the thyroid body 326
17. The incidence of cases of degenerative bone disease in the various orders 357
18. The weight of the brain and the relation of this to the body weights in 196 animals 388
19. An analysis of pathological conditions in terms of diet 423
20. An analysis of the diets used in the Philadelphia Garden 426
21. The incidence of tumors 464
22. An analysis of the breeding, captivity and visceral distribution of neoplasms, of tumor-bearing animals 466
23. An analysis of the incidence, character and distribution of tuberculosis 486
24. The incidence of parasites in the zoological orders 630
25. The incidence of heterakis in pheasants 635
26. The incidence of various parasitic orders and families 636
27. The visceral distribution of parasites 639
28. The occurrence of blood parasites in zoological classes 651