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may be accepted. Regarding the colour of the membranes in affec- 
tions of the liver he (the President) thought it might be assigned to 
retention of the bile. An analogous instance of the presence of 
abnormal constituents in the blood being furnished in disease or 
extirpation of the liver, when urea is found in large quantities. 
Mr. Howe , in replying, said, he considered the administration of 
calomel in small doses twice or thrice daily to be advisable, in order 
to guard against enlargement and induration, but its use must not 
be long continued. He did not agree with previous speakers that 
liver diseases are difficult to discover. The signs being known, and 
properly interpreted, led to facile diagnosis. His opportunities for 
observation had been somewhat frequent, and he gave the statement 
from personal experience. He contended the yellow colour of mem- 
branes to be due to the reabsorption of bile, as that secretion is not 
formed in the blood, nor is it found as a normal constituent. Urea, 
on the other hand, is found in the blood, and regularly separated 
by the kidneys, and its accumulation occurs from disease or extir- 
pation of the organs that are engaged in its elimination. The liver 
secretes the bile, and gives it the well-known colour, and when it is 
found in the blood the circumstance is due to its passage thence in 
an unchanged or unassimilated form — the bile is not used in diges- 
tion, and, therefore, suffers no physiological changes. 
Mr. F. J. Mavor then laid on the table five volumes of books 
which he had received from Mr. Wills, the Sherrards, Welwyn, 
Herts, as a donation to the library of the Society. 
A vote of thanks to the donor for his handsome gift was pro- 
posed and carried by acclamation. Similar compliments were also 
paid to the Essayist and President respectively. The meeting ad- 
journed to February 9th, when Mr. A. Broad will read a paper on 
“ Fistulous Wounds.” 
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MATRICULATION EXAMINATION. 
The following gentlemen, in addition to those whose names have 
been previously published, having passed the Matriculation Exami- 
nation as conducted by the College of Preceptors, have been ad- 
mitted students at the Royal Veterinary College : 
Mr. William Chappell . West Wycombe, Bucks. 
,, George William Kerry Newmarket. 
,, Hulton J. Harrison . Ballyroan, Queen’s Co., Ireland. 
,, Sidney Barker . St. Faith’s, Norwich. 
„ R. Duncan Graham . Woolwich. 
„ George E. Young . Bishopstone, Salisbury. 
The following have been admitted on the production of satisfactory 
certificates : 
Mr. John Thomas Gregory . . Portsmouth. 
„ B. S. Dawkins , Aldershot. 
