OF THE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
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February 9 th. 
The subject for discussion this evening was, Hoose in Calves, 
introduced by Mr. Fry. The remarks which were elicited were 
founded on an intimate acquaintance with the ravages that 
parasites produce in cattle, and the means of extirpation had re- 
course to by him having been uniformly successful. He was of 
of opinion, that the ova float in the atmosphere, and, being taken 
into the air-passages during the act of inhalation, they lodge 
upon the mucous membrane thereof, which being a fit nidus, 
there the worm is developed. The class to which they belong 
he stated to be a species of the strongyli. A member dissented 
from him in the view which he takes respecting the manner in 
which the egg gets into the bronchi. He would rather say, it 
was through the medium of the circulation, and that the ovum 
is lodged upon the moist pasturage (since it is a well-known fact, 
that in low lands, and during the autumnal quarter, the greater 
numbers are found), which being partaken of by the animal, thus 
has its entrance into the system, whence it is deposited on the 
mucous lining of the trachea and bronchi. The means of eradi- 
cation are, a careful subjection of the animal thus infested to the 
fumes of sulphurous acid ; but should the inflammatory symp- 
toms run high, bloodletting and the usual antiphlogistic reme- 
dies must be had recourse to. 
February 1 6th. 
Mr. Baddely presented for consideration a paper on the Ex- 
ternal Conformation of the Horse. Referring to the racer, he 
stated that he preferred one having a short to one having a long 
neck, yet he believed such to be more subject to affections of the 
brain. His reasons were twofold : 1st, the respiration would be 
attended with less difficulty under increased exertion, from the 
air having a shorter distance to traverse ; 2d, the animal would 
not have so much to carry. 
It was remarked, that in racing the length of the neck often 
tells ; it is therefore desirable that the neck should be long, but 
not heavy. Some doubted if a short neck is really the best 
adapted for speed, since but comparatively few racers have been 
thus formed, at least that have been noted for their feats. Such, 
too, doubted the existence of a light head upon a short neck ; 
and were likewise of opinion that the angle formed by the placing 
on of the head on a short neck is frequently very acute, and thus 
offers an essential impediment to the free ingress of air, whilst 
the curve formed by the lengthened neck is by no means so ob- 
jectionable. It was agreed, that it is desirable that a race-horse 
