VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
715 
Mr. Wallis has seen between three hundred and four hun- 
dred cases of this epidemic. He has almost invariably taken 
blood in the early stage of the disease. If the pulse ranged from 
CO to 80, and was full, he always thought that he was justified in 
bleeding. In some instances he has taken from 8 to 16 pounds. 
When the disease is fully developed, he can imagine that bleed- 
ing may be unsafe, but not in the early stage. He has been 
fortunate in his practice, for he has not lost a single case. He 
always found the mucous membrane of the bowels very suscepti- 
ble, yet he gives a small quantity of aloes. He knew one horse 
that died from four drachms of aloes, and another from three 
drachms ; and he believes that superpurgation is the most fre- 
quent termination of the disease. 
The clock had struck some time, and the meeting separated. — 
Several new Members were proposed. 
We deem it an act of justice to the Association to state, that 
the most perfect order prevailed during the whole of the debate, 
and that the subject was announced, amid universal plaudits, 
for farther discussion on the next night of meeting. Our readers 
will peruse this first debate with no little interest. The theories 
of the different speakers were their own — they were matter for 
debate — and our opinion of the real character and proper treat- 
ment of this epidemic will doubtless become more correct, more 
satisfactory to ourselves, and useful to our patients ; but it was 
the number of facts that were elicited in the course of the debate, 
and by which, and which alone, our opinions and our practice 
should be chiefly guided, that render it highly valuable. Our 
anticipations of the usefulness of this Association to the students, 
the practitioners, and the profession, will, at no distant period, 
be more than realized. 
iiUStecellaimB 
Students who have obtained their Diplomas. 
Nov . 24th, 1836. 
Mr. J. Fitzmaurice, Longford. 
Mr. J. B. A. Miniken, Cork. 
Mr. A. Bagnall, Liverpool. 
