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arranged. The fibroma grows, generally, as a nodule, but occa¬ 
sionally may be pedunculated. Neoplasm : Fibromas may be 
found also in old scars, sometimes following castration or as 
keloid fibroma of the skin. The fibroma combines readily with 
the myoma, more seldom with myxoma, lipoma-sarcoma. The 
ordinary shoe-boil becomes eventually a fibromyoma. Degener¬ 
ative processes are very common in fibromas : calcareous, mucoid 
fatty, and telangiectatic. 
Myxoma : Connective-tissue tumors after the type of mucous 
tissue. Is not as common in animals as in man. A typical 
myxoma is soft, and often hangs on a narrow pedicle, as a polyp 
from mucous membrane. They occur also in connection with 
the mammary gland, brain, and spinal cord. Microscopically 
they consist of stellate or spindle-shaped connective-tissue cells, 
which lie within a homogeneous, somewhat refractive or gela¬ 
tinous matrix. Combines with fibroma and lipoma, but is also 
one of the invariable constituents of mixed tumors of the parotid 
gland or the testicles, and from the various tissues of the com¬ 
bination called adeno-fibromyxochondro-carcinomatosis. » 
^ WHAT I SAW AT OMAHA.” 
By Dr. J. J. Drasky, Crete, Neb. 
Read before the Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association, February 21, 1899. 
I have been a member of the Nebraska Veterinary Medical 
Association since 1896. My reason for joining was one that 
brought fifty per cent, of my colleagues within our circle. The 
only point we had in view in joining was some form of legisla¬ 
tion benefiting and elevating the standard of the veterinarian in 
the State of Nebraska. With hard work and the co-operation 
of the entire society we are about to take our first step by hav¬ 
ing a bill passed providing for a State veterinarian. While it 
may not help us all directly, we each and every one will be 
benefited in the end. The field is now open for operation ; we 
are now given the opportunity wherein we can prove to the 
people of Nebraska that we are worthy of their confidence and 
