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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
of sarcosporidia in man, but authors since that time have not 
been willing - to accept Lindemann’s interpretation of the ob¬ 
jects diagnosed by him as belonging to this group parasites. 
Rosenberg now gives a case of a cyst in the cardiac mus¬ 
cles containing a milky substance ; judging from the figures, 
rather than the description, this seems to be a true case of 
sarcosporidia. R. gives the name Scircocystis hominis to the 
structure. It is interesting to note this “ find,” but we are 
sceptical in regard to accepting the species upon the description 
given. 
NATURAL ORDERS OF PLANTS ARRANGED IN TABULAR FORM, 
and Specially Adapted for Veterinary Students. By C. F. De Jong, M.R. 
C.V.S., and Lecturer on Botany in the Medical Veterinary College, Edin¬ 
burgh. (Sabiston & Murray, N. Y.). 
A neatly printed pamphlet of twenty pages, furnishing 
to the beginner in botany, and principally to veterinary stu¬ 
dents, a concise and systematic arrangement of the divisions 
of the vegetable kingdom. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
SPECIAL NOTICE—UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
To all Members of the United States Veterinary Medical Associ¬ 
ation, and all Members of the Profession : 
The Committee of Arrangements have secured a conces¬ 
sion of the usual one and one-third rates from the Easternj 
Passenger Railway Association, which will, no doubt, be ac¬ 
quiesced in by the Trunk Line and the other Railway Asso. 
ciation. This will be, as usual, a full fare going, with a cer¬ 
tificate from the agent, and the one-third fare returning. j 
1 also desire to give notice that all applications for mem¬ 
bership must be filed in the Secretary s office on or beforej 
September ist, in order that they may be sure of receiving 
consideration at the Boston meeting. The afternoon and 
evening of the second day will be spent by the Association 
on a trip, by the courtesy of the Massachusetts State V eterij 
nary Medical Association. 
