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THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND PATHOLOGY. 



The following extract from the Report of the Council of 

 the Zoological Society of London is of special interest to the 

 members of our Club. We would direct the particular atten- 

 tion of our readers to the concluding portion of the last 

 sentence, (which we have printed in italics), since we have for 

 some time been able to avail ourselves of what the Zoological 

 Society deems of so much importance. — Ed. 



"A Special Committee was appointed consisting of Prof. 

 " G. B. Howes (Vice-President), Dr. H. Woodward (Vice- 

 " President), Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, and the Secretary, to 

 " represent the Council, and Dr. Arthur Keith (Lecturer on 

 " Anatomy at the London Hospital Medical College), Mr. F. G. 

 " Parsons (Lecturer on Anatomy at St. George's Hospital 

 " Medical School), and Dr. R. N. Salaman (Director of the 

 *' Pathological Institute at the London Hospital). After a 

 " series of meetings this Committee presented an elaborate 

 " report to the Council, upon which. Council adopted the 

 " following resolutions : 



*' (i) That a Veterinary Surgeon be not appointed. 



" (2) That a Pathologist be appointed to the staff of the 

 " Prosectorium at a remuneration of ;/^ioo per annum. 



" The Committee and Council gave anxious consideration 

 " to the question of the permanent employment of a Veterinar}- 

 " Surgeon attached to the Prosectorium, and took advice from 

 " various sources on the subject. It was decided that in those 

 " cases where a Veterinary Surgeon would be of value he could 

 " be called in at the Superintendent's discretion, but that in a 

 " majorit}' of cases wild animals do not lend themselves for 

 " treatment, afid that it would be more in the interests of the 

 " animals to make provision for a trained Pathologist, zvhose 

 " dicty should be to study the causes of death, not only by 

 ''ordinary post-mortem examination, but by the use of the 

 " microscope and bacteriological methods, and to point out 

 ''not only the cause of death but also hoiv such deaths might 

 " i7i future be avoided^ 



INSECTILE BIRD FOOD. 

 SiK, — Can any of your readers inform we where I can 

 obtain the dried pupae of the silkworm moth } I have written 

 twice lately to a source where I know it has been possible to 



