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m the position in which it is designed to keep it and dried in the air. 
Ill drying the bones and ligaments become beautifully white and the 
whiteness increases as time passes, the same process' gives less satis- 
factory results for muscles. For a parenchymatous organ, on reraov- 
mg it from the turpentine bath, Dr. F. plunges it into melted wax or 
paiafhn during half an hour tp two hours, till the bubbles of turpen¬ 
tine have ceased to pass off. When withdrawn and cooled, the piece 
resembles a wax model, but it is far superior in its minor details; the 
coJour of the organ persists. ( Vet. Journal.) 
DEATH OF A VALUABLE SHORT HORN. 
The Earl of Bective has had the misfortune to lose by tuberculosis 
the famous short horn cow, Tenth Dutchess of Geneva, which was 
purchased by his lordship at the New York mills sale U. S in 1873 
for over 6,000 guineas. The dutchess has left of her breed one bull 
and three heifers, the youngest of which is stated to be especially 
worthy of the handsome dam. ( Veterinarian.) J 
UNCOMMON CESAREAN OPERATION. 
An unusual and interesting case of obstetrical surgery came to us 
from Florida. A physician states that having shot a large female 
shark, on opening her abdomen and uterus was rather taken back 
at the sight of four little ones, which freed of their respective placenta, 
run off into the ocean, on the shores of which lay their dead mother. 
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COMITIA MINORA OF U. S. VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
A Special Meeting of the Committee Minora of the U. S. Veterin¬ 
ary Medical Society, was held at the Massasoit House, Springfield 
Mass., April 20th. The Vice President. Dr. Theo. S. Very of Boston 
in the chair. 
