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NOTICE. 
a mass of calcareous substance, imbedded in meshes of loose cellu¬ 
lar tissue. Upon its external surface, at one point, a large cyst 
was found filled with serosity. The smaller tumor, taken from 
the right ventricle, weighed one drachm, and had the same appear¬ 
ance as the other. 
The fluid contained in the ventricles was limpid and slightly 
yellowish, alkaline in reaction, slightly albuminous, and on cool¬ 
ing after being heated, a considerable coagulation was observed. 
The other organs were not examined. 
This is a beautiful illustration of the post mortem lesion found 
in cases of immobility , and though the history of the case fails to 
show that the animal exhibited any of the symptoms of that dis¬ 
ease, there is no doubt that he must have been affected with it pre¬ 
vious to the time of purchase, and consequently was an unsound 
horse. Should an action be brought by the buyer, it is certain 
that the dealer would be condemned to suffer the loss of the ani¬ 
mal, and to return the purchaser the price he had received for 
it.— Editor. 
NOTICE. 
MEETING OF THE UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIA¬ 
TION. 
The next annual meeting of the United States Veterinary 
Medical Association, will be held at the American Veterinary 
College, No. 141 West Fifty-fourth street, New York City, on 
Tuesday, September 17, 1878. All members are respectively in¬ 
vited to attend. 
By Order, 
A. A. Holcombe, D.V.S., 
Secretary. 
