VETEIUNARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
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In 912 ewesy the difrereiice was from 146 to 157 days; and 
from the fifth month to extreme period, seven days. 
In eight female huffaloeSy there was a difference of 27 days 
between the shortest and longest period ; and the latter extended 
to 338 days, or ten months and 28 days. 
Two hitches carried 62 days, one 61, and one 58; which 
gives, in four animals only, a latitude of four days. 
Twenty-five sows littered, from 10!) to 133 days. 
Between the extremes of gestation of 161 rabhitSy there was 
an interval of eight days; one of these was the 27th day, the 
other the 35th. 
Incubation ,—Several turkeys having sat on the eggs oihenSy 
the duration of the sitting was from 17 to 27 days; the same 
on ducks' eggs, 27 days ; the same on turkeijs' eggs, from 26 to 
29 days. 
Hens sat on ducks' eggs, from 26 to 34 days; on those of 
their own species, from 19 to 24 days. 
In ducksy the duration of sitting was from 28 to 32 days. 
Common geese, from 29 to 33 days. 
Pigeonsy from 17 to 20 days. 
VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
WE have much pleasure in stating, that at the last meeting of 
the ^Weterinary Medical Society,’’held at Mr.Youatt’s Theatre, 
on Wednesday, June 24th, no fewer than seventeen new mem¬ 
bers were admitted, consisting of nine respectable practitioners 
. residing in the metropolis and its environs, and eight from dis¬ 
tant parts of the country; and who were anxious to be enrolled 
among those who, free from party spirit, were honestly devoted 
to the pursuit of truth and the improvement of the veterinaiy 
art. 
The Society will meet on eveiy Wednesday evening during 
July, at eight o’clock precisely, for the admission of members, 
and the discussion of questions connected with veterinaiy pmc- 
tice, and will then be adjourned until the first Wednesday in 
October. 
Communications may be addressed to the Secretaiy, at the 
Theatre, Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital. 
Prize Essay, to be sent on or before September 15 :— 
The nietacarpals and phalanges of the near fore foot of the ox, 
with their articulations, tendons, blood-vessels, nerves, &c. 
