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he deals with all forms of disease, his address was listened to 
throughout with much attention. 
Discussion being invited, 
Mr. McConnachie rose and said that he had pursued the treatment 
advanced by the Professor with the best results. lie instanced a 
case to which he was called a few days ago, in which the owner was 
most anxious that he should give a laxative, but he refrained from 
doing this, and the result was that the horse was soon convalescent. 
Mr. McLean remarked that his experience of enteritis as a 
primary disease was very limited, owing to the judicious stable 
arrangement which was so thoroughly carried out in the army. 
Occasionally the disease followed as a sequel of hernia, and this he 
had treated very successfully. 
Mr. Cunningham said he was in favour of bloodletting in the 
first stage of enteritis ; that his medical treatment consisted of giving 
tincture of opium and belladonna, together with the application of 
external agents, such as those already mentioned, but he could not 
say that his endeavours had been attended with much success. 
Mr. Robinson said, that in a large town practice, veterinary sur- 
geons w r ere called upon almost daily to treat cases of spasmodic colic 
In such cases he gave the usual colic-draught (of a stimulating and 
sedative character), and if his patient did not obtain relief in an hour 
or so, he administered a dose of physic ; of course he employed the ex- 
ternal remedies which had been mentioned. He, however, experienced 
considerable difficulty sometimes in drawing the line of demarcation 
between the two diseases, as when the former passed into the latter ; 
but he considered that large doses of the watery solution of 
opium, as advocated by the professor, good treatment for enteritis. 
The Chairman remarked that, in most diseases affecting the 
chest, he was very successful, but in enteritis he had not met with 
much success. He gave tincture of opium and belladonna ; he was not 
in favour of giving laxatives, even although there had no faeces even 
passed for two or three days. The external remedies mentioned 
he considered of the utmost importance in the treatment of the 
disease under discussion. 
Most of the other members who took part in the discussion 
preferred giving tincture of opium combined with oil ; others, how- 
ever, were in favour of giving small doses of calomel, and opium, 
using, of course, the external treatment recommended. 
Professor Williams having replied, 
The Chairman proposed a vote of thanks to the Professor for 
his able, instructive, and interesting address, which was cordially 
responded to and acknowledged by the Professor. 
There being no other business of importance before the meeting, 
Mr. Baird proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Robinson for his 
conduct in the chair, which was cordially responded to and acknow- 
ledged by Mr. Robertson. 
The members afterwards sat down to an excellent dinner, Presi- 
dent Robertson occupying the chair, Mr. Aitken acting as croupier. 
After the cloth was removed, and the usual loyal and patriotic 
