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FR. BLAZEKOVIC. 
the movement which has been inaugurated for the adoption of a 
uniform curriculum in the American veterinary colleges should 
be brought to a possible and successful result. We do not know 
that we shall live to see the day when the veterinary colleges of 
America will have a uniform system of education and of examin¬ 
ation, but if this should ever come to pass one of the natural 
consequences of the new departure will necessarily be the creation 
of such a position, and the election of some gentleman to fill it, 
with all the qualifications and requisites usually found in those 
who occupy similar places in Europe. 
New Regulations amending the act creating the Bureau of 
Animal Industry are to be presented to Congress. Whether they 
will improve the workings of the Bureau and facilitate its busi¬ 
ness, we do not know. At first sight it seems to us more like an 
addition to the red tape system already existing, than a means of 
securing any essential benefits to this so often, more or less justly, 
criticised institution. Our confreres in Washington might tell us 
something about it. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
DISEASES OF THE HEART IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 
ESPECSALLY THE HORSE. 
By Fe. Blazekovio. 
(Translated by J. C. Meyer, Sr., V.S .) 
Continued from page 504, Vol. IX. 
IV. —Rheumatic Affection of the Heart. 
In rheumatic diseases of the organism a rheumatic affection 
of the heart is often established, which naturally concentrates in 
the sei’ous membranes of the heart. The rheumatic affection of 
the heart most frequently observed is that which is concomitant 
with laminitis, articular rheumatism and constitutional diseases of 
the joints in fillies. 
In increased action of the heart, the heart-beat is throbbing 
and full; and if caused by laminitis it is strong, quick, seldom 
