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and there was much tvviching of the legs. This gradually sub¬ 
sided, and about three o’clock she died very calm. 
Post-mortem examination. —Bowels much distended with 
flatus, and congested in several places ; as also was the bladder, 
and especially the lungs, which were gorged with blood; but 
there was nothing like inflammation of them, or solidification, or 
effusion. 
We deem this a very interesting case, and thank Mr. Bull for 
it. We have ventured to give the disease a name, for many of 
the symptoms were identical with those of the Asiatic cholera 
in the human being. No medical skill could have saved the 
patient.— Edit. 
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THE VETERINARIAN, OCTOBER 1 , 1834 . 
Nc quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
AN ACCOUNT OF THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF 
THE VETERINARY STUDENTS OF THE SCHOOL 
OF ABOU-ZABEL, IN JULY 1833. 
Colonel Hassein Bey, delegated by the minister of war, 
presided, supported by the cheik Hassan-el-Atthar, the Chief of 
the Islamites, several Ulemas, and many of the Europeans em¬ 
ployed in the service of his Highness the Viceroy. A jury had 
been appointed by the Council of War for the examination of 
the pupils, consisting of MM. Dibadji, Member of the Council 
of Health, and Duvigneaux, Bernard, Ficlier, Celesia, and Fi- 
gari, professors. Dr. Gaetani, Member of the Council General 
of Health, was appointed president of the jury. 
Dr. Gaetani first addressed the assembly in the following 
words:— 
u The veterinary art, the practice of which can be traced 
to a most remote epoch, was, for revolving ages, exercised by 
men strangers to scientific acquirements. Veterinary medi¬ 
cine, reduced to the lowest state of vegetative life, could no 
longer render to society the services which it had a right to 
expect from it. In the destiny of some things, it is often useful 
to be undervalued and despised at their commencement; and to 
have to struggle with difficulty and disadvantage against the 
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