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anxious blood-shot eye—the painful heaving—the hot breath— 
the obstinacy with which the animal will sit up, hour after hour, 
until his feet slip from under him, and the eye closes, and the 
head droops from extreme fatigue, while in a moment he is roused 
again by the feeling of instant suffocation—these are symp¬ 
toms that cannot be mistaken. Here, from the comparative thin¬ 
ness of the integument, and the parietes of the chest, we have 
the progress of the disease brought, as it were, completely under 
our view. The exploration of the chest of the dog by ausculta¬ 
tion is a beautiful and a wonderful thing. As, however, pneumonia 
in the dog is so generally connected with pleurisy, I shall defer 
what I have to say respecting it until the next lecture, except 
remarking, that here too our measures should be prompt, our 
venesection copious, our purging somewhat cautious, and pro¬ 
duced by the Epsom salts, and not by aloes: the sedative medi¬ 
cines, those just recommended for the swine, and the quantity 
regulated by the size of the animal. 
VETERINARY AFFAIRS. 
EDINBURGH VETERINARY SCHOOL. 
The annual examinations of students in this Institution, esta¬ 
blished under the patronage of the Highland Society of Scot¬ 
land, commenced on Thursday last, and were concluded on 
Friday. Several of the most distinguished medical professors, 
lecturers, and practitioners of this city conducted the examina¬ 
tions, in presence of a numerous attendance of the directors and 
members of the Society, and of gentlemen interested in veterinary 
science and rural affairs. Among those present we noticed Sir 
John Stuart Forbes, treasurer of the Society ; Sir Thomas Dick 
Lauder; Sir R. Keith Dick; Mr. Fergusson of Woodhill, con¬ 
vener of the Society’s committee in charge of the school; Mr. 
Graham of Redgorton ; Mr. Macpherson Grant of Ballindalloch 
and Invereshie ; Mr. Snodgrass Buchanan of Cunninghamhead ; 
Mr. Inglis of Redhall; Mr. R. Johnston; Mr. Sandeman of 
Springland; Mr. Horne of Langwell; Mr. Lamont of Knock- 
dow; and Mr. Low, professor of agriculture ; besides several 
other members of the Society, and Mr. Macdonald of Staffa, 
and Mr. Gordon, the secretaries of the Society. Among the 
medical gentlemen were. Professors Sir George Ballingall, 
Graham, and Trail; Drs. Macintosh, Knox, T. J. Aitken, Ro¬ 
bertson ; Mr. Liston, and Mr. Fergusson, lecturers in this city; 
Dr. White, inspector-general of hospitals; Dr. Davies, domestic 
surgeon to their Majesties; Mr. Bowen, surgeon. Life Guards ; 
