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the other hand, 1 am persuaded that the latter completely 
ignores the medical constitution of Brou, for had he 
known it he would have seen that the market of that 
place was not favorable to his cause. In fact, there is, 
perhaps, no district in the Beauce more subject to the 
ravages of carbon and splenic apoplexy than this town and 
its environs. The dairymen are at times in despair on ac¬ 
count of it. I have been informed that of ten carcasses 
brought to the knackers at Brou, eight have been affected by 
carbon. Who does not know the enormous losses sustained 
by M. Denau du Tuile, whose farm is close to the gate, and 
near to the high road ? Who is not acquainted with the 
fact that his unfortunate wife died from a carbonous tumour? 
Every one agrees that the cattle which are brought to this 
fair are liable to propagate the contagion of these fatal mala¬ 
dies, viz., splenic apoplexy, variola ovina, glanders, &c. 
Towards 1844, a flock of sheep, affected with splenic 
apoplexy, were sent to M. Bertrand’s, Commune de la 
Chapelle-ville-Comtesse (Loir et Cher). A short time after 
the malady declared itself amongst his cows, and he soon 
lost a score of them. M. Roger was still more unfor¬ 
tunate; all his cattle were the victims of it—neat cattle, 
sheep, horses, all fell a sacrifice, and he w T as ruined through 
the visitation. As the fields were contiguous, and the sick 
and healthy grazed close together, was there contagion by the 
volatile virus ? The fact cannot be denied. However, a 
similar affection had never been known in the country, which 
is woody and has a loamy subsoil. From the preceding 
cases we cannot but conclude that the criticism on the 
tribunal of Vendome was written without due care.— 
DA R R e a u, Veterinaire! ’ 
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTERLY MEETING OF COUNCIL, held April 2, 1862. 
The President, F. R. Silvester, Esq., in the Chair. 
Present: —Professor Spooner; Messrs. Cartledge, Lawson, 
Wilkinson, Withers, Gamgee, Broad, Ernes, Harpley, 
Robinson, Field, Jex, Moon, Braby, and the Secretary. 
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and 
signed, 
