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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
Royal Veterinary College . — Professor Sewell, in performance 
of the request of the Council at its previous meeting, presented a 
report of the number of pupils instructed at the College in a know- 
ledge of the diseases peculiar to cattle, sheep, and pigs, agreeably 
with the intentions of the Society. 
Epidemic among Cattle . — Professor Sewell then obtained leave 
of the Council that Mr. Simonds, the Professor of Cattle Pathology 
at the Veterinary College, should be allowed to address them on 
the subject of the disease prevailing among cattle. 
Mr. Simonds observed, that he did not think any benefit could 
possibly arise to agriculturists by the Society’s circulating, as it 
had been, he believed, proposed, a paper containing instructions for 
the treatment of cases of pleuro-pneumonia, as it must, he thought, 
be borne in mind, that the early symptoms of the affection were 
so ambiguous and so little developed, that even veterinary surgeons 
long accustomed to the diseases of ruminating animals sometimes 
failed to detect the existence of the affection in its earliest and 
curable stages ; consequently, the measures recommended would too 
frequently prove more injurious than beneficial to the interest of 
the farmer. He did not think that the fatality attending pleuro- 
pneumonia was so great at the present time as it had been hereto- 
fore, many cases within his own experience having been success- 
fully treated ; and veterinary surgeons, in his opinion, had become 
better acquainted with this and other diseases of cattle since the 
extended system of instructing pupils had, through the munificence 
of the Society, been carried out at the veterinary colleges ; and 
both himself and his colleagues were most anxious to do all in 
their power to promote the laudable objects of the Society. He 
flattered himself that the delivery of a course of lectures — not con- 
fined to one class of organs, but embracing the structure, functions, 
and diseases of all parts of the body — had already been productive 
of great benefit; and expressed his willingness to furnish to the 
Council whatever report they might require, along with a synopsis 
of his lectures. He regretted the small number of cattle patients 
sent to the College. In his opinion, there were many causes for 
this deficiency, and he feared, also, some which could not be re- 
moved. He begged to suggest that members of the Society should 
be informed how much they had it individually in their power to 
aid the joint objects of the Society and the College bv sending up 
diseased animals for anatomical examination and illustration in the 
lecture room. 
