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While there is reason to believe that this diseased condition in dogs is not of 

 frequent -occurrence in this country, still, we have no doubt, close examination 

 ■would develop a much greater proprotion than what is usually beheved to be 

 the case. The " Dumb Kabies," for instance, a few years ago, was unknown 

 here. It is now found to be a by no means uncommon occurrence. The 

 ' ' Dumb Babies, " while almost invariably fatal to the animal itself, does not 

 endanger the safety of man, as the dog appears to have no inclination to bite, 

 or perhaps no power, as the lower maxilla is drawn downwards in this disease. 

 For this reason, while as common as the violent form of Eabies, it has never 

 been much observed. For the same reason, the diseased condition of dogs, 

 when containing entozoa, has not been generally noticed ; and death, when re- 

 sulting from this cause, has been ascribed to other, or natural, causes. 



MAY 20th, 1886. 



The President in tlie Chair. 



Boohs Beceived. 



Reale Instituto di Studi Superiori Pratici e di Perfezionamento, 

 Fu'enzi: Archivio della Scuola d'Anatomia Patologica, Tomo I, and 

 Veleni, Sulle Convulsione Epilettiche. 

 Museo Nacional de Mexico : Anales, Tomo 3, Entr. 9. 

 Smithsonian Institution : Report, 1884. 

 Royal Society, London : Proceedings, No. 242. 



The Chairman exhibited a specimen of Heliconia Charitonia, 

 taken at Beaufort, S. C, being the fii-st specimen yet known to 

 have occuiTed in this State. Its recorded habitat is Florida and 

 the West Indies. 



