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FR. BLAZEKOVIC. 
necessity of united action on the part of his professional breth- 
eren, looking towards one common object in view, namely, the 
check of contagious diseases. 
Singlehanded little can be done where so much is required. 
But in order to obtain the best efforts of the profession a law 
regulating practice would be absolutely necessary, as by this 
means empiricism would soon become a thing of the past and the 
lives of our fellow beings be protected, while epizootics would 
lose their force, if not their frequency. 
Viewing the bill under discussion from these common sense 
standpoints, it behooves us as members of the veterinary profes¬ 
sion and comparative physicians, to put forth our best efforts dur¬ 
ing the present session of the Legislature, backed by all the indorse¬ 
ment possible of good citizens, whether horsemen, merchants or 
private individuals. 
Then the old adage, “ right makes might,” would never be 
more fully illustrated. It will then secure less for avarice, but 
more for the protection desired, and have, if accomplished, (which 
I have reason to believe it will be, if properly laid before the 
Legislature) the unity of all interested in suitable legislation for 
protection. 
DISEASES OF THE HEART IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 
ESPECIALLY THE HORSE, 
By Fb. Blazekovio. 
(Translated by J. C. Meyer, Sr., V.S.) 
Continued from page 347. 
Aneurism of the Hearty 
which is a partial circumscribed enlargement of the cavities of 
the heart, is, at the same time, established in the diseased texture 
of the endocardium and the muscle of the heart. It is termed 
aneurism of the heart, because by partial enlargement a condition 
similar to that of aneurism of vessels is formed. Aneurism of 
the heart occurs almost exclusively in the left heart, which is 
liypertrophically extended, and consequently is the result of an 
already existing alteration. Generally aneurism of the heart is 
