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weeks before, but had apparently recovered. She however 
seemed to thrive badly, and a few hours before I was called began 
to show serious brain symptoms. The eyes were amaurotic ; she 
walked with a^staggering gait and in a circular course, turning 
to the left, and at the time I saw her she would occasionally lose 
her balance and fall to the ground. T apprised the owner of my 
suspicion of abscess in the brain; also mentioned the possibility 
of the symptoms arising from some other lesion of that organ. 
By my request 1 was notified of the animal’s death, which 
occurred a few hours after 1 saw her, and I held an autopsy, 
which revealed a large quantity of pus in the left hemisphere of 
the cerebum and left lobe of the cerebellum. 
I think this case shows that there may be great destruction 
of brain substance before there are any distressing symptoms 
exhibited; for, judging from the quantity of pus the brain con¬ 
tained and the short time the animal showed symptoms of brain 
trouble before death, there certainly must have been quite a col¬ 
lection of pus before any symptoms of brain trouble were 
manifested. 
COLLEGE EXERCISES. 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE—SPRING SESSION. 
The spring session of 1887-’8 at the A. Y. C., closed up on 
the 14th of April with a matriculating class of fifty-five students. 
During the six weeks that the session lasted, the students received 
three lectures a day, in the afternoon, while in the morning their 
time was occupied in clinical studies, practical anatomy', micro¬ 
scopy and chemistry laboratory work. On the 14th of April 
the class passed an examination in the following branches : The 
anatomy of the function of locomotion, sanitary medicine, veter¬ 
inary jurisprudence, horse shoeing, histology, physiology (proxi¬ 
mate principles), chemistry (qualitative analysis). This exami¬ 
nation will be made obligatory in the future, as the faculty 
consider it of great advantage to the student. 
Mr. Mark Francis, of Glendower, Ohio, has received the silver 
medal offered by Prof. Liautard for the best examination in ana 
tomy by the junior students. 
