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pericardium, in the fluid which.it contained. All the lesions of 
extensive pericarditis existed. # 
Among the conclusions the author states that pericarditis o 
bovine, easily recognized, can be considered traumatic when it is 
preceded by abdominal disturbance .—A rchives Veterinaires. 
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA CONTROVERSY. 
An important arbitration which is now attracting consider¬ 
able attention from veterinarians and agriculturists, and which 
merits the attention of all classes of men, from its importance, is 
progressing in Delaware county, Pennsylvania. The case in its 
primary form was one for damages. The plaintiff, Mr. Alonzo 
Parker, having sued the defendant, Mr. Maris Worrall, for the 
same upon the ground that he (Worrall) disobeyed the quaran¬ 
tine orders of the laws of the State regarding pleuro-pneumonia, 
which the defendant then had upon his farm. 
Mr. Worrall, through his counsel, has chosen the ground of 
contest that the disease is not contagious, and the case has le- 
solved itself into this one question, upon which, in the judgment 
of all true scientific men, there is but one decision, and that is m 
the affirmative. 
Weekly meetings have been held before three arbitrators, one 
of whom is an agriculturist, another a merchant, while the third 
is a Justice of the Peace. They are all intelligent and well edu¬ 
cated men, and their decision is awaited with much anxiety, as 
one of our veterinary inspectors here has said that the responsi¬ 
bility of the prevalence of this much-dreaded disease in Dela¬ 
ware county has arisen from the fact that certain men, who 
term themselves veterinary surgeons, have attempted to treat and 
cure the disease. 
The history of these cases carries us back to November, 1880, 
when pleuro-pneumonia made its appearance on Mr. Worrall s 
farm ; and soon, from the lack of prompt measures of exteimina- 
tion, the farmer’s entire flock became affected, eleven of which 
were afterward destroyed by the State authorities, and the owner 
