THE VENEREAL DISEASE OF HOUSES. 783 
your hoary head, in the decline of life, may even become en- 
circled by the public with a chaplet of laurel. 
I have now drawn my Oration to a close : you will perceive 
that it has had for its object more particularly the interest of the 
students who form the majority of your Veterinary Medical 
Association. That it may attain its aim, is the devout wish of 
one who will yield to none in his zeal for your advancement and 
future welfare. 
Allow me the gratification, before I take my seat, to announce 
to you that Mr. Thomas Turner has kindly undertaken to deliver 
the Oration at your next annual meeting for 1842. I feel assured 
that you will agree with me that no one is more competent to 
do this ample justice; and depend upon it that he will carry 
weight for age and qualification. 
The prize subjects for the ensuing year are, for practitioners, 
“ Blood-letting in the Horse, when demanded, and 
its consequences.” 
For pupils, 
“Diu retic Agents in the Horse, their modus operandi, 
and effects upon the system.” 
THE VENEREAL DISEASE OF HORSES, AND ITS 
CONNEXION WITH GLANDERS AND FARCY. 
Bp Zeta. 
There has been recently published in Germany a very im- 
portant memoir on the above subject*, a disease which, w r e be- 
lieve, has not been found to exist in this country — at least it has 
not been hitherto described by veterinary writers. As there is 
said to be intimate relationship between this disease and gland- 
ers, and as the affection itself is highly dangerous, I shall as 
briefly as possible state the opinion maintained of its leading 
characteristics. The English veterinarian must form his own 
opinion of them. 
This malady occurs principally among stallions and brood 
mares, and is developed under peculiar miasmatic and individual 
relations, and is then communicated by contagion alone in the 
* Die Venerische Krankheit der Pferde, &c.- — Breslau. 
