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therefore, should not opacities form with equal rapidity upon the 
capsule of the lens ! 
In regard to how or why such a morbid alteration tak.es place, 
or, in other words, what constitutes its proximo.to cause, will, 
most probably, in veterinary medicine, as it has long done in 
human, puzzle much wiser heads than mine. The first case I have 
related of my own, would lead one to imagine that there existed 
some sort of sympathy or consentaneous action between the 
membrane of the cornea and that of the lens : we know such 
morbid sympathies do frequently manifest themselves in othei 
parts of the body, and it is not easy to find a reason why some¬ 
thing of the kind may not exert an influence in the case 
before us. 
I shall wind up these few desultory, unconnected, and I am 
apprehensive, unsatisfactory observations on a subject apparently 
so novel and yet so full of interest to us all, in the words of Mr. 
Spooner, who addressed us in some very sensible remarks in the 
last No. of The Veterinarian. “ I hope the above subject 
will not be allowed to drop until it has engaged the attention its 
importance merits; and I trust that other veterinarians, of 
greater experience and more extended practice (than myself) 
may be induced to favour the profession with the result of their 
observations.” To which I w 7 ould add, I wish I dare name some 
on whom I would especially call for “ the result of their obser¬ 
vations;” which, unlike angels’visits, are neither few nor far 
between. P* 
VettvimtV! Affair#* 
Report of the Veterinary School of Toulouse for 
the Year 1832-33. 
The prefect of the department, assisted by the mayor of the 
city, presided at the annual bestowment of diplomas and distri¬ 
bution of prizes in the school; Lieutenant General Gugot, and 
the principal of the academy of Toulouse, with many other public 
functionaries, were present. 
The prefect opened the business of the meeting by speaking 
of the advantages which the city and the department had derived 
