Volume 1
On the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the chimpanzee / by Charles F. Sonntag.
- Sonntag, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), -1925
- Date:
- 1923
Licence: In copyright
Credit: On the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the chimpanzee / by Charles F. Sonntag. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![tend to coalesce in short, regular lines. The medulla is con- tinuous, homogeneous, and densely pigmented. The hair shaft is cylindrical. (PL III. fig. A.) A transverse section of the skin, passing across a hair- follicle, shows the thick outer and inner root-sheath, with the layers of Henle, and of Huxley, both well developed ; while the mass of elastic tissue closely surrounding the hair-follicles presents a very striking appearance (PI. III. figs. B and C). Pathology. Nothing is known of the diseases to which the Chimpanzee is subject in its native surroundings. In captivity in Europe it usually succumbs to diseases of the respiratory or digestive organs. Some animals die from generalised tuberculosis, or from osseous and arthritic changes after many years in confinement. The following table, compiled from the death reports, shows the causes of death and duration of life of animals which have been in the Society’s Gardens since 1882. No. Date of Death. Life in the Gardens. Cause of Death. 1. 7. 5.1882 1 month. Ulcers of tongue. Viscera healthy. 2. 8. 6.1883 16 days. Pneumonia. 3. 29.10.1883 5 „ Typhoid fever *. 4. 22. 6.1884 1 month. Bronchopneumonia. Ascites. 5. 4.11.1886 41 months. Acute bronchitis. 6. 20. 3.1889 11 da}rs. Pneumonia. 7. 1. 6.1889 1 yeat, 7 days. Bronchitis. 8. 15. 4.1891 2 years, 4 months. Pneumonia. 9. 28. 8.1891 i—1 o Pneumonia, peritonitis (TB.). 10. 15.11.1891 4§ months. Pneumonia. 11. 23. 9.1895 1 year, 5 months. Hypertrophied liver. Ascites. 12. 17.11.1895 8 months. Bronchitis. Pneumonia. 13. 12.12.1896 5 months, 9 days. 33 33 14. 13.12.1896 1 year, 2 months. 33 33 15. 1. 6.1897 4 days. Not opened. 16. 27. 9.1898 3 „ Debility. 17. 8.10.1898 1 year, 5 months. Bronchopneumonia. 18. 3.12.1899 ll£ months. Not examined. 19. 6.12.1899 7 months. 33 33 20. 24. 3. 1900 4 years, 1 month. Chronic pneumonia. 21. 16.10. 1901 10 months, 1 week. Pneumonia. Hepatic congestion. 22. 9. 1.1903 7 months. Prolapsus ani. Killed by order. 23. 4.12.1904 1 year, 10 months. Bronchitis. * Authority J. B. Sutton. [96]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2982123x_0001_0098.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
