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INCOGNITUS. 
The “Review’ and the United States Veterinary Med¬ 
ical Association Prizes. —AVe publish in this number a 
paper on the etiology and pathology of parturient apoplexy in 
cows, presented by one competitor for the prize offered by the 
Review in connection with that of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association. This paper is the first that has come to us, 
and the first which is presented under the rules laid down for the 
competition. The committee on prizes of the United States Vet¬ 
erinary Medical Association, which consists of l)rs. Corlies, Pea¬ 
body and Johnson, will no doubt read it attentively, and we 
hope that our readers will carefully take notice of the article and 
be prepared to vote when the time comes. The paper is signed 
by “ Incognitus.” A sealed envelope, which we suppose contains 
the true name of the candidate, accompanies the essay, with the 
same motto on it outside, and has been placed in the hands of 
the secretary of the United States Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion for safe keeping until the vote is known. The example is 
worth following, and we hope more applications will soon reach us. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
PARTURIENT APOPLEXY, 
A Paper on the Etiology and Pathology of Parturient Apoplexy in Cows, re¬ 
spectfully submitted in competition for The American Veterinary Re¬ 
view Prize. 
By Inoognitus. 
There is perhaps no disease to which bovine flesh is heir con¬ 
cerning the etiology and pathology of which there is less definite 
knowledge and greater diversity of opinion than parturient apo¬ 
plexy. The various theories which have from time to time been 
foimulated to explain the phenomena of the disease have, not- 
ithstandin n their inconsonance, numbered as ardent supporters 
some of the most eminent of bovine pathologists. The obvious 
result of this great diversity of opinion relative to the etiology 
and pathology of the disease, is that equally divergent modes of 
treatment have been practised j all of which, to the chagrin of 
the practitioner and loss of the stock owner, have proved most 
singularly'unsuccessful. 
