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Monthly Council, July 25, 1894, 
Shoeing Smiths, which had been 
adopted by the Court of the Company, 
and asking for the Council’s approval 
thereof, in order that the scheme 
might be revised accordingly : — - 
1. That provision be made for registering 
“ doormen ” in a special list as registered 
doormen, at a reduced fee. 
2. That the Registration Committee con- 
sist of ten members of the Farriers’ Com- 
pany, six registered men, six members 
appointed by the Council of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society of England, and six mem- 
bers appointed by the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons. 
The Committee recommended that 
the Secretary be instructed to reply 
that the Council would not raise any 
objection to the alterations proposed. 
Under Clause 4 of the scheme, half of 
the Society’s six representatives now 
retired from the Registration Com- 
mittee, but they were eligible for 
re-appointment, and the Committee 
accordingly recommended the re-ap- 
pointment of Sir Nigel Kingscote, Sir 
Jacob Wilson, and Mr. Ernest Clarke. 
Professor Brown had presented the 
following report : — 
Pleuro-fxefmonia. — In connection with 
the outbreak of this disease discovered near 
Margate in April last, 311 cattle were 
slaughtered, of which eight were found 
affected with the disease. A few days ago 
another outbreak of pleuro-pneumonia was 
discovered in Middlesex, in the Hendon 
district, close to premises where the disease 
existed last year. Tbe history of this case 
has not yet been made out. 
Swine Fever.—' This disease is still very 
prevalent in many parts of England, in 
some parts of Wales, and lias recently been 
reported in several counties of Scotland. 
During the seven weeks ended July 14, 
3,112 pigs died from swine fever, while 
12,765 pigs were slaughtered as diseased or 
having been exposed to the i*isk of infection. 
In addition to the above, 222 were slaugh- 
tered as suspected, but on post-mortem were 
found free from the disease. 
Anthrax. — During the seven weeks above 
referred to, 53 outbreaks of this disease were 
reported in Great Britain, and 122 animals 
were attacked, of which 113 died and eight 
recovered. 
Rabies. — Of this disease 32 cases were re- 
ported in Great Britain in seven weeks ; 
27 of these were in England and five in 
Scotland. 
Abortion. — It is proposed to commence 
the scientific investigation at once by placing 
under observation at the College some cows 
from an infected herd, and others from a 
herd in which epizootic abortion has not 
appeared. 
Investigations. — Since the Committee 
last met, investigations have been made re- 
garding serious losses among cattle from 
parasitic gastritis and enteritis. Anthrax 
vaccine has been supplied for the inoculation 
of all the animals (horses and cattle) in one 
farm, and the operations were carried out 
without any fatality. Experiments have 
been made with a view to ascertaining the 
protective value of the Pasteurian inocu- 
lation, and further experiments and obser- 
vations are being made regarding the effect 
of putrefaction in the virulence of anthrax 
carcasses. 
National Registration of Shoeing 
Smiths. 
Sir Jacob Wilson asked to be re- 
lieved from the duty of acting as one 
of the Society’s representatives upon 
tbe Registration Committee of the 
Farriers’ Company, and moved that 
Mr. Stanyforth be elected in his place. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker secon- 
ded the motion, which was adopted. 
Disposal of Anthiax Carcasses. 
Sir Nigel Kingscote, in reference 
to the proposal of the Committee that 
a reprint should be made of the article 
on anthrax in the current number of 
the Journal, said it was desirable that 
if such a reprint were made at ail, it 
should be undertaken by the Society 
rather than by any other body. 
Earl Cathcart thought the article 
was hardly adapted for publication as 
a pamphlet in its present form. 
Professor Brown explained that 
Professor McFadyean and himself, as 
the writers of the short notes on an- 
thrax, had contemplated revising the 
whole article and putting it into proper 
form for the purpose of being pub- 
lished at once, so that the local au- 
thorities and everybody concerned 
might be made aware that they need 
not cut open the bodies of animals 
suspected to be dead of anthrax, which 
was a dangerous and deadly thing to 
do ; but that if they cut off an ear or 
a foot and sent it to the Royal Veteri- 
nary College Laboratory it was easy 
to find out whether the animal had 
died of anthrax or not. Most of the 
proposed devices for the disposal of 
anthrax carcasses involved cutting 
them up, but the safest thing to do 
was to bury the carcass absolutely un- 
touched, with the exception of the 
amputated ear or foot, which might be 
sent to the College for examination. 
Within a short time, certainly within 
three weeks, all risk of danger of in- 
fection from the buried carcass would 
