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sematous lungs, no hepatization. Percardium about normal 
On the surface of the heart there are oedematous lesions along 
the cardiac vessels. The myocardium is soft, yellowish and 
easily torn. In the right cavity of the heart there is a well- 
marked ante-mortem clot, weighing 65 grammes, organized, 
hard, yellow on one face, red brown on the one which is exposed 
to the current of the blood. It is inserted in the bottom of the 
auricular cavities, passes through the auriculo-ventricular open¬ 
ing and extends to the lower part of the ventricle. It has some 
bands which secure it to the tricusped valve; one runs as far and 
into the pulmonary artery. 
On the left side of the heart there is another clot with the 
same general characters. It is smaller, more conical, and ends 
into the aorta by a floating free point. 
Transversal sections of these clots show the stratified disposi¬ 
tion explaining the progressive development of the clots and the 
deposit of successive layers on their free surfaces. The endo¬ 
cardium of the two cavities was discolored. The endothelium of 
the large blood vessels and the valves were without rugosities or 
vegetations.— ( Journ . de Zootchnic.) 
The Horse Stands Pat for City Trucking. —The Adams, 
American and United States Express Companies recently placed 
an aggregate order for one thousand horses with the Fiss, Doerr 
and Carroll Horse Company, of New York, averaging sixteen 
hands high and weighing about 1,200 pounds. And some people 
would have you believe the horse is “ going out ” for city truck¬ 
ing. 
Corrections. —On pages 117 and 118 of the April issue the 
following errors occur in the report of the meeting* of the Mis¬ 
souri Valley Veterinary Association at Kansas City: Thirty- 
three head, should read thirty-two: one gave incorrect readings, 
instead of three; hence the percentage of correct results by the 
subcutaneous method should read 9777 instead of 93.47, while 
the percentage of incorrect readings should be changed from 
6.52 to 2.22. The Review published the above strictly according 
to copy, not knowing that the figures were not correct. 
