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we print another. A careful perusal of this one will not fail to 
show the necessity of certain changes. Yes, the modes of educa¬ 
tion are deficient in almost all our veterinary schools; are incom¬ 
plete in some, and quite worthless in others. If we are ever to 
expect the recognition on this side of the Atlantic which is 
granted to veterinarians in the Old World, it is most urgently 
necessary that veterinary education should be differently regulated. 
It is time that those who intend to enter our ranks should feel 
that they become members of a profession than which none is 
more honorable aDd respectable. The question has been well 
enough agitated, still it has scarcely received adequate notice 
from veterinarians. The letter we publish to-day will, we hope, 
stimulate the enthusiasm of a few who will let us hear from them 
on this professional question. 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
DISEASES OF THE HEART IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS, 
ESPECIALLY THE HORSE. 
By Fe. Blazekovio. 
(Translated by J. G. Meyer, Sr., V.S .} 
Continued from page 414. 
I.—Plastic Exudation 
Is that previously mentioned form of exudation which adheres 
to the surface of the pericardium. In a mild degree of inflamma¬ 
tion it forms a slight, scarcely perceptible deposit, which adheres 
to the free surface as a soft, easily torn, glutinous coagulation. 
Immediately after exudation, the fibrine coagulates and forms 
irregular, cord-like elastic coagulum. Its quantity is often very 
insignificant, merely representing a slight turbidity; still it may 
sometimes amount to several hundred grammes; its color is from 
pale yellow to pale green. Upon exudation of a large quantity 
of liquid plasma the pure fibrine changes into small granulations 
and can become reabsorbed after the inflammation has ceased. 
