EDITORIAL. 
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These remarks that we found in the minutes of the Bulletin de 
la Societe Centrale refer to the report of a case of canine piro- 
plasmosis , observed by Profs. Nocard and Almy, which they had 
observed in a dog suffering with hsemoglobinuria, and not from 
hsematuria, as the owner thought. The examination of the 
blood revealed the presence of the hsematozoas. The parasites 
were analogous to those of Texas fever, and presented themselves 
under the form of little globular masses, with well defined 
borders, rarely occupying the centre of the red corpuscles, more 
commonly nearer one of its poles, sometimes single, sometimes 
two in one corpuscle, and again as numerous as four in number. 
The history of the case was that the dog had been taken by his 
owner duck shooting, and that when he came back he was 
covered with ticks. The dog became sick shortly after. One 
of the ticks brought to the author was full of blood and ready to 
lay eggs. Further experiments will be done with those. At 
any rate, the disease was communicated by injection of the 
blood of the sick dog to another which exhibited all the symp¬ 
toms and microscopic lesions that had been found in the first 
animal. Series of experiments have been established, which 
will be made public later on, and will serve to illustrate the 
whole history of this new disease of the dog. 
There is, anyhow, one point of importance derived from the 
few facts presented by this case : it is the danger that dogs run 
when going in localities infested with ticks, and the necessity 
that imposes itself for all owners to see that these insects are re¬ 
moved from their skins as early as possible. We hope later on 
to let our friends know the results of the experiments carried 
out by Prof. Nocard on this subject. 
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Germany to the Front in Higher Education. —The 
question of the importance of higher education as a means of 
elevating a profession is certainly one which all parties inter¬ 
ested are always attempting to realize by all kinds of require¬ 
ments, which are demanded from those who desire to reach a 
professional degree. Every country in its own way and accord- 
