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them, horses working on railways and wharfs, in breweries and 
collieries, can hardly fail to meet with injuries of the kind ; and 
this case of Mr. Go wing’s will serve as a guide to diagnosis in such 
accidents in future. Wounds or contusions, in certain situations, 
happening to horses whose foot cartilages are likely to be in a 
state of ossification will at once excite suspicion, if not alarm, in 
the mind of the veterinary practitioner ; and this will lead to sur- 
gical examination and appropriate treatment. Mr. Gowing 
deserves, and will receive, the thanks of the profession for making 
so important and practically useful a discovery. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL 
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
(Adjourned Special Meeting.) 
Sitting of August 28, 1848. 
Present, — The President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, 
Messrs. Pritchard, Cherry, sen. Peech, Ernes, Jas. 
Turner, Braby, Silvester, Goodwin, Arthur Cherry, 
Percivall, Godwin, Spooner (Professor), and Mayhew. 
The minutes being read and confirmed, the opinion given by the 
Solicitor, which was noticed in our last report, was now formally 
read. It being clear that the proposition submitted to the Council 
could not be adopted without injury to the interests of the body 
corporate, after a lengthy discussion, it was rejected. The former 
meeting had been so prolific in argument, that there was nothing 
new brought forward on this occasion. 
There being a general desire to pursue a course which should 
have the tendency to amicability, it was proposed that a deputation 
should be appointed to wait on those parties who had forwarded 
the proposal, and that these parties should be applied to, to fix a 
day for a meeting. 
Professor Spooner said, that it ought to be understood that Mr. 
Dennison had full authority from the Governors of the Veterinary 
College to act; that the adoption of the proposal made to the 
Council would nullify the provisions of the Charter ; that some of 
the Bye-laws were of doubtful legality. 
This latter question being started, it was proposed to take the 
opinion of the highest legal authority. 
Mr. Percivall said, that the onus probandi lay with those who 
