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TUBERCULAR ABSCESS IN A STIRK. 
AN INQUIRY. 
Sir, — At a Meeting of the Veterinary Medical Association 
held on the 11th of January, 1842, Professor Morton read 
the following, viz. : — 
“ Extract from the Will of the late Professor Coleman , 
dated July 1st, 1839” 
“ The Secretary , in continuation, remarked, that the stimulus 
thus given to exertion w ould perhaps be increased, when the 
members w r ere informed that for three years previous to his 
death. Professor Coleman had placed in his hands £5 an- 
nually for the same purpose, so that he w T as in possession of 
<£15. This, with the legacy, he considered a prize worth 
striving for, and he hoped that there would be many com- 
petitors for The Coleman Medal.” 
Now, as I am not aw 7 are that any further notice has been 
taken of this matter, or that any competition ever took place 
for the same, or for the £l 5 said to be in the hands of 
Professor Morton, I most respectfully ask what is become 
of it, or w hy it is not offered for competition ? or, as the seven 
years have expired, in what way have the Governors of the 
Veterinary College disposed of it? 
I remain. Sir, 
Yours most respectfully 
W. A. Cartwright. 
TUBERCULAR ABSCESS IN A STIRK (OR STEER). 
By William Cope, Y. S. 
Sir, — Early in the month of December, 1852, I 
w r as called to visit a two-year-old incalved stirk of the 
short-horned breed. Upon my arrival, I found the animal 
to be somewhat tympanitic, with extremities cold, respiration 
slightly increased, the expiration attended with a peculiar 
short grunt, bowels torpid, visage dejected, pulse about 80 
per minute, feeble, compressible. 
The history of the animal was, that her owner had per- 
ceived her not to be doing well for some time past, had 
observed her coat to be storing, herself to often be looking 
