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 [Illustration: ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA. INCORPORATED 1859] 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. CONTENTS PAGE 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