68 
VARIETIES AND NEWS. 
April 1st. Healthy pus is freely discharging. The antiseptic 
spray was daily applied, and from this time forward, the cavity 
rapidly filled, and upon the ninth instant the patient was discharged.* 
14th. The animal was brought to the clinic, and nothing but 
a slight cicatrix is visible. 
VARIETIES AND NEWS. 
-vx- 
AMERICAN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
At the suggestion of the Faculty of the American Veterinary 
College, urged for some time back, the Board of Trustees are consider¬ 
ing the propriety of extending the course of lectures and alter the 
present requirements for graduation at the College. 
PRIZE OFFERED BY THE U. S. VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
Prizes are offered by the association to any of its members for 
the two best papers on any subject connected with Veterinary Medicine. 
The papers are to be delivered to the President of the Association 
before the 15th of July, 1877. They are to be headed with a motto 
and accompanied with a sealed envelope containing the name of the 
applicant, and directed with the similar motto heading the paper. 
The papers are to be read by the committee appointed as judges, and 
presented to the association at the next meeting. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
‘ i 
The month of March brings with it the close of the course of 
lectures of the veterinary schools of the new world, and the issues of 
diplomas to the successful candidates. The American Veterinary 
College sends out four graduates: W. J. Coates of New York City; 
