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the effect than the cause of glanders. Others dissented from 
him, on the grounds that glanders very frequently follows re- 
peated pulmonic attacks, which leave behind a disorganization 
of the structure of the lungs; whilst some believed the deve- 
lopment of glanders and the formation of tubercles to be simul- 
taneous acts. 
The question. Whether the blood in this disease becomes vi- 
tiated, was mooted. Mr. Hill was of opinion, that as a mass it is 
not; but that it is the medium of conveying the seeds of the disease 
to those parts of the frame susceptible of their influence. The 
greater number, however, believed the sanguiferous stream to be 
altered in its character, and conceived this to be proved by 
glanders being produced by transfusion, and also by the foetus 
in utero becoming diseased. 
The affection was thought to bear a very close resemblance to 
phthisis pulmonalis in the human subject. 
As curative means, Mr. Hill advocated large doses of sulphate 
of copper given in the form of draught. To this agent he gave 
a twofold action ; 1st, that of increasing the tonicity of the 
system ; 2d, that of restraining inordinate secretions from sur- 
faces. 
Small quantities of cantharides, in combination with the mi- 
neral and vegetable tonics, were recommended by several members, 
as was the ioduret of iron, in doses of from thirty to forty grains 
twice in the day. 
To Mr. Hill was awarded the certificate of the Society. 
W. J. T. Morton. 
Mr. Morton’s Farewell Address. 
To the Constituents of the London Veterinary Medical Society. 
Gentlemen, 
This is the last Report I shall have the honour of offering you. 
Circumstances have arisen which have compelled me to resign 
the conjoint offices of Secretary and Librarian to your institution ; 
but I cannot withdraw from among you without acknowledging 
the many obligations I am under to you for your repeated kind- 
nesses. You have been pleased, during the nearly ten years I 
have held the office of Secretary, to accept my endeavours as the 
actual performance of my duty; and from time to time you have, 
in a way most gratifying to my feelings, manifested your disposition 
towards me. These tokens of your esteem will ever unite me to 
you in bonds of gratitude, never, I hope, to be broken. They will 
