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two days later I was informed that he was worse, and that the 
owner had made up his mind to have him destroyed. He was 
sent to me, and after careful consideration of his symptoms I 
concluded that he had chorea. His temperature remained nor¬ 
mal, as also the pulse and all the rest of his bodily functions, 
with the exception that he had a twitching of all the muscles of 
the body, mostly marked in the hind extremities ; they would 
twitch to such a degree as to make him jump forward. He also 
had a peculiar cry, a kind of howl, which he would keep up day 
and night, the consequence being that several neighbors com¬ 
plained, and knowing the length of time pending on recovery, I 
decided to destroy him and hold a post-mortem. I examined 
carefully every organ in the body and found no abnormality till 
I reached the heart, which I found to have undergone a “fatty 
infiltration.” I carefully dissected the heart and found fourteen 
thread-like worms about seven inches in length (“filaria im- 
mitis”). One was in the “right auricle,” and the rest in the 
“pulmonary arteries,” and a peculiarity being that they were in 
groups of three. 
UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Officers, committees and resident, State and foreign corre- 
sponding secretaries for 1894-95. 
Officers. —President, W. Horace Hoskins, 3452-54 Ludlow 
street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-presidents, J. F. Winchester, 
Lawrence, Mass.; T. J. Turner, Columbia, Mo.; W. L. Williams, 
Bozeman, Mon.; Secretary, Leonard Pearson, 2024 Pine street, 
Philadelphia, Pa.; Treasurer, Jas. L. Robertson, 409 Ninth ave¬ 
nue, New York City. 
Committees. Comitia Minora. — President, W. Horace 
Hoskins, 3452-54 Ludlow street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Vice-presi¬ 
dents, J. F. Winchester, Lawrence, Mass.; T. J. Turner, Colum¬ 
bia, Mo.; W. L. Williams, Bozeman, Mon.; Secretary, Leonard 
Pearson, 2024 Pine street, Philadelphia, Pa.; Treasurer, Jas. L. 
