VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
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too warmly in it—they suffered it to become a mere conversation, 
engrossed during the whole of the evening' by two or three 
persons, and in which there did occur pettish and satirical 
and improper short sentences, for which in a well-regulated 
debate there w ould neither be opportunity nor inclination. A 
hint on this subject will be enough; and the president will find 
no difficulty in making the discussions as pleasant, and instruc¬ 
tive, and as numerously attended as they w ere w ont to be. 
We would seriously call on every member ol the Veterinary 
Medical Society to let his attendance be as frequent as his 
avocations will permit. In the multitude of counsellors there 
will be wisdom. When many are collected, there w ill be greater 
chance that important truths will be elicited; and, besides 
this, they who usually take a leading part in the discussion will 
perform their task with greater spirit and success, when sur¬ 
rounded by their brethren, than when they are admonished by 
the emptiness of the benches, that veterinary surgeons care little 
about veterinary science. 
There is one very important advantage w hich country members 
possess, and of which they occasionally avail themselves, but not 
so often as their own interest requires ; viz. the communication of 
cases of rare occurrence, or doubtful practice, or professional 
conduct, which are taken into serious consideration by the Society, 
and the result of the discussion sent to the applicant by the 
secretary. 
Mr. John Percivall was elected President for the ensuing' ses¬ 
sion ; Messrs. John Field, jun., King, sen., W. Percivall, and 
James Turner, were appointed Vice-Presidents; and Messrs. 
Goodwin, Green, Langworthy, Lythe, Marshall, and T. Turner, 
were placed on the Committee. 
ISxtracta from ^Journal#, ^fforrtgn anU JDommtr* 
Experiments on the Action of Cantharides on the 
Urinary Organs. 
By M. Barthelemy, Sen. 
[Recueil de Medecine Veterinaire, Jan. 1830.] 
In horses which have died of pleurisy or pneumonia, the 
kidneys have often been found pale, flabby, and softened, as if 
