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common. So far as we know, it is not known to exist in Great 
Britain at all, but is of frequent occurrence in India. We were 
invited by an officer of the Bureau of Animal Industry at 
Washington, D. C., to send the parasite to add to the National 
collection there, but as we had one of our own, we decided to 
add one more to the number of specimens, in the form of the 
filaria papillosa, the fellow responsible for the condition known 
as intra-ocular filariasis. 
We cannot close without expressing our thanks for the val¬ 
uable assistance afforded by the members of the senior class in 
veterinary science, and also and especially for the practical help 
given by assistant-surgeons (?) Professors Dodson, Himes, and 
Burnette, and Hospital-Surgeon Chaney, who held vigorously 
on to the ropes until the completion of the operation. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
“ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner, hit his skill dies with him. By 
recording his observations , he adds to the knowledge of his profession , and assists by his 
facts in building up the solid edifice of pathological science.'’' 1 
ACTINOMYCOSIS IN THE HORSE. 
By CopEMAN Nockoeds, V. S., M. D., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
The following may be of interest to some members of our 
profession. I was called some time since by a brother practi¬ 
tioner to dispose of what he regarded as a peculiar case. 
Subject :—A bay gelding, aged, somewhat emaciated, pulse 
135 and irregular; temperature 104.5 0 F- 5 respiration 34, irreg¬ 
ular and labored. 
History developed nothing, only that the owner had just 
traded for the animal. The sheath was swollen, hard and 
rugged ; the scrotum was tense and looked and felt as if there 
was a hard irregular mass bearing down upon it. There was a 
discharge of a muco-purulent character running from the 
sheath, also from several openings in the sheath and scrotum. 
Upon examining further, the deep and superficial inguinal 
lymphatics were very much enlarged and painful upon pres¬ 
sure. The horse being aged and almost worthless, the owner 
was advised to have it destroyed, but he wanted to have an 
operation performed, even though the horse died while down. 
After casting and securing the animal in a convenient position 
