Chapter I: Foreword: Dr. Charles B. Penrose 1

SECTION

I. INTRODUCTION 17

Zoological Classification

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