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of a diseased animal with one hand, and introducing the 
other into the mouth, and collect as much of the saliva as 
possible, and introduced the hand thus charged with the 
virus into the mouth of a healthy animal, principally 
bringing the hand in contact with the inferior part of the 
buccal cavity, the epithelium of the mucous membrane being 
of less density than that of the upper part. 
The author observes that this year he has seen no case of 
transmission of the aphthungular malady to sheep, swine, 
or to the human subject, as he had observed in 1861. Is 
this to be attributed to the recommendation of not using the 
milk, except it be previously boiled ? 
The use of the milk must be interdicted altogether fi when 
the udder and the teats are affected ; and he refers the reader 
to the experiments of the late Professor Delafond, on the milk 
of cows affected with this malady. 
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
SPECIAL MEETING OE THE COUNCIL, held Jan. 26th, 1870. 
Present : — The President ; Professors Spooner and Brown ; 
Assistant-Professor Pritchard ; and Messrs. Cartwright, 
Field, Fleming, Harrison, Moon, Pritchard, Wilkinson, 
Withers, and the Secretary. 
The President in the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read. 
Professor Spooner considered the words ex-officio ” as 
applied to those members of the Court of Examiners who are 
professors in the Colleges, as useless and wrong. A professor 
at one school, being a member of the Examining Board, might 
attend and assist in the examination of the pupils from other 
schools than his own. Though it would be bad taste to do 
so, it might legally be done. The charter only prevented 
their interfering as examiners of the pupils educated by 
themselves. 
The President : Then in future what we have been in the 
habit of calling ex-officio examiners must be called examiners. 
Professor Spooner also complained that not one word had 
been said in the minutes relating to the interview of 
the deputation with the authorities of the Scotch schools 
(much having been omitted in order to save time), respect- 
ing the steps which had been taken at the Royal Veterinary 
College in order to secure a proper preliminary examination. 
