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Probangs and Trocars for Cattle . — Professor Sewell presented 
to the Society further specimens of instruments of practical utility 
in cases of choking, or of the hove, in cattle, and favoured the 
Council with additional directions connected with the use of such 
apparatus. He also presented, for the inspection of members, the 
model of an ox, on which was marked the exact spot where, in the 
case of hove, the trocar ought to be inserted through the inflated 
hide into the rumen or paunch, namely, a full hand’s-breadth be- 
low the loins, and behind the last rib, on the left side of the 
animal. The laterally perforated cylinder, after the stiletto had 
been withdrawn, might remain in its place of insertion even until 
the following day, if gas continued to be evolved ; and, on its re- 
moval, an adhesive pitch plaster might be applied over the punc- 
tured orifice. The elastic probangs presented by Professor Sewell 
were very useful for unchoking horses, colts, calves, or other 
stock, by dislodging the impeding food from the gullet, and were 
much preferable to the hempen ropes often used instead of pro- 
bangs for that purpose . — Mark Lane Express. 
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals. 
The Annual Meeting of this well-known and valuable Society 
was held on Saturday at the Hanover-square rooms, and was 
very respectably attended. The Lord Bishop of Norwich pre- 
sided, and in an admirable speech advocated the interests and 
explained the objects of the Society. The right reverend prelate, 
in the course of his address, alluded particularly to the Smithfield 
nuisance, and to the suppression of dog and cock fights. He also 
expressed his disapprobation of battues, which he characterized as 
un-English forms of sport; and of a too great love for animals, 
as in the case of lap-dogs. Mr. Thomas, the secretary, read the 
Report, from which it appeared that the position of the Society 
was highly satisfactory, and that, during the past year, both at 
home and abroad, great efforts had been made to protect the lower 
animals from cruel treatment. The progress through Parliament 
of a bill for the promotion of the Society’s objects was alluded to, 
and the effect of which, when passed, will be to give magistrates 
a more complete jurisdiction in dealing with that class of offences 
for the prevention of which the Society was instituted. During 
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