482 
REPOkTS OF CASES. 
REPORTS OF CASES. 
‘ ‘ Careful observation makes a skillful practitioner , but his skill dies with him. By re¬ 
cording his observations, he adds to the knowledge of his profession, and assists by his facts 
in building up the solid edifice of pathological science 
WORMS IN A DOG’S HEART. 
By W. E. French, V. S., Daytona, Fla. 
On August 16 a gentleman came to my office, bringing a 
setter bitch, about three years old, and weighing about 30 
pounds, which he said was not doing well ; would not eat, 
seemed stiff on her legs, and was sore upon lifting her into the 
carriage to bring her in to me. 
Upon looking her over I found a spot sore to the touch at a 
point about the posterior extremity of the sternum, but not 
