DEATH OF A BOY FROM GLANDERS. 
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habitually active will not be ordered to rest. It is not like 
the inanimate glebe of a farm, which, when exhausted, you 
restore by a simple precept—let it be fallow. A mind once 
cultivated will not be fallow half an hour.” 
VETERINARY PROTECTION SOCIETY. 
We are desirous of reminding our readers that the e< Vete¬ 
rinary Protection Society” is continuing its efforts to esta¬ 
blish itself upon a broad and lasting basis; and although 
much has been done, still, to secure success, more support is 
needed, and the committee is therefore anxious to receive the 
names of additional members as early as possible. Commu¬ 
nications should be addressed to Mr. W. H. Coates, 10, Red 
Lion Square, who has kindly consented to act as Hon, 
Secretarv. 
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Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
DEATH OE A BOY EROM GLANDERS. 
An inquest was opened at the Guildhall, Bath, on Friday 
evening, September 26th, by A. H. English, Esq., the city 
coroner, on the body of a boy who died from glanders. 
In opening the case to thejury, the coroner remarked that 
they had to inquire into the cause of the death of a lad 
named Isaac West, aged fourteen, who died at the Bath 
United Hospital, on Wednesday morning, from, it was sup¬ 
posed, the effects of glanders communicated to him by a 
horse, and inasmuch as the necessary witnesses were not 
present, after the jury had viewed the body he should take 
some medical evidence, and then adjourn the inquest. The 
case was a serious one, for if it should be proved that the owner 
of the horses entrusted to the care of the deceased was aware 
of their being diseased with glanders, they would have to 
decide how far, under the circumstances, he was responsible 
for the boy’s death. In order to render him responsible, it 
