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obstructed, and its collaterals, with a short distance into the 
obturator artery. The embolism was tirmly attached to the walls 
of the arteries and well organized in most of its substance, simu¬ 
lating connective tissues. Other parts showed more recent clots. 
The conclusion arrived at was, that it had existed for a period 
of two months or more; that it commenced as a thrombus in the 
posterior aorta, and was carried back until it struck the bificur- 
cation, and gradually becoming larger, some portion of it was 
washed off, and then carried into the internal iliacs. This ob¬ 
struction collecting more material from the blood, finally occluded 
the artery by an embolism, thus giving rise to the attacks of par¬ 
alysis with which the animal suffered on two occasions, the last 
one having been more severe than the first. 
A point emphasized in this case is the importance, when an 
animal is suffering from partial or total paralysis of the hinder 
extremity, of always remembering to make an examination per 
rectum, to test the pulsation of these arteries, before making a 
diagnosis. 
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. 
CURRICULUM OF THE VETERINARY DEPARTMENT. 
The regular opening of the Veterinary Department has been 
unavoidably delayed, and cannot take place until the summer 
of 1884. 
The instruction will cover a period of three years, during 
which the following course will be followed: 
First Year. —Chemistry, Materia Medica and Pharmacy, 
Physiology, Histology, Botany, Zoology, Forging, Veterinary 
Anatomy. 
Second Year. —Medical Chemistry, Physiology, Therapeutics, 
General Pathology and Morbid Anatomy, Veterinary Anatomy, 
Surgical Pathology, Internal Pathology and the Contagious Dis¬ 
eases, Botany, Zoology, Clinics and Hospital Service as Aids, 
Horse Shoeing. 
Third Year. —Therapeutics, General Pathology and Morbid 
