648 liOYAL AND CENTRAL SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE. 
A second memoir contained a detailed account of the operation 
for canker in the foot of the horse. One patient had laboured 
under the disease more than a year, and was perfectly cured by 
M. Mensis. The society awarded him the gold medal, with the 
portrait of Olivier de Serris. 
5. M. Caillieux, V.S. of Caen, and who had often obtained 
honorary rewards from the society, sent some valuable observa- 
tions on the numerous fatal cases of tetanus after castration that 
had occurred at the depot of Caen. He justly attributed it to 
the want of proper care in the stables, and to the cold to which 
the horses were exposed after the operation. The cases which 
he relates leave no doubt as to the importance of proper atten- 
tion to the horse, both before and after castration. 
M. Caillieux has also presented you with a printed essay on 
“ the causes of the diminution of the breeding and sale of horses 
in Normandy, the means by which it may be re-established, and 
the proper treatment of horses recently castrated.” This work 
is an exceedingly valuable one, not only with regard to the sup- 
ply of horses for the cavalry service, but to the farmers who are 
engaged in breeding horses. The society nominated M. Caillieux 
an honorary correspondent. 
You would have bestowed the same honorary title on M. Lau- 
tier, formerly veterinary surgeon in the department of Ille and 
Vilaine, if he had not been prematurely cut off by death. He 
addressed to you, 1st, a statistical account of the department of 
Ille and Vilaine, the agricultural and zoological portions of which 
were treated much in detail. 2d. A memoir on the construction 
of artificial meadows, and on the cultivation of nutritive plants 
and roots in that department. 3d. A memoir on the sheep 
pox, and inoculation for it. And, 4th. A memoir on the acute 
fever which attacked the cattle in many departments in the year 
1833 ; which destroyed a great many animals, but finally yielded 
to proper treatment, when it came under medical treatment in an 
early stage. 
In terminating their labours, your committee beg leave to 
direct your attention to the memoirs and publications which have 
been addressed to you in this year, by Messrs. Grognier, Profes- 
sor of the Veterinary School at Lyons — Jacob, V.S. to the 11th 
regiment of dragoons — Mathieu, V.S. department of Vosges — 
Levrat, of Lausanne — Haspin, Doctor of Medicine — and Collaine 
of Metz, and who continue to justify your election of them as 
corresponding members of your society. 
May this Concours long continue, which produces yearly re- 
sults so advantageous to veterinary science, agriculture, and the 
interests of the country ! 
