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pigs as the result of dysentery, and then present a very suspicious 
appearance under the microscope, opens a field that needs further 
investigation. From my own study in this direction, I am in¬ 
clined to che conclusion that, as all nutritive processes as a rule 
are more rapid, and healing processes are more complete, in the 
lower animals than in mankind, interruptions and maldirection 
of these processes are productive of less disastrous results. Still 
there is evidence to be found among them, and among them 
alone, that makes the modus vivendi of the tumor brotherhood 
much clearer than in man. In dumb animals only can we find 
very young growths and remove them at our will, or remove all 
the neighboring tissue and appreciate its relations. 
Any persons knowing of similar cases will confer a favor by 
sending descriptions and either drawings or sections showing the 
microscopic anatomy. Specimens, where they can be obtained in 
masses of one cubic half inch, will also oblige. There is need of 
much more knowledge than we have in relation to these troubles 
—their aetiology—and the only way of obtaining it is by the 
study, not of books, but of the things themselves. — New York 
Medical Journal. 
COMMENCEMENT OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The annual commencement exercises of the above named in¬ 
stitution took place on the 4th of March at (Flickering Hall, 
which was crowded to excess by the friends of the college, of 
the alumni, and of the graduates. The occasion was almost 
equivalent to a manifestation of the success of the institution 
and a public approval of the action which has taken place lately 
in the veterinary world—the transfer of the Columbia privileges 
to the care of the American Veterinary College. 
On the platform the Board of Trustees was well represented, 
surrounded by the faculty and several other gentlemen friends of 
the profession. 
The graduating gentlemen who received their degrees were: 
F. S. Allen, B.S., of Mass.; A. E. Brum, D.V.S., of N. Y.; 
