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He also tries to make it appear that the members of the 
society coincided with him in what he had done, and, 
further, that he came off victorious in an affair which 
the association had nothing to do with. The only remarks 
which were passed upon his case were to the effect that, 
notwithstanding everything which could be done, life was 
sometimes lost. 
Mr. Gamgee’s report is far from correct, as one of the 
cases mentioned by Mr. Anderson v r as Mr. Cockburn’s, 
and he went to ask the assistance of Mr. Anderson and the 
late Mr. M f Lean, and during his absence the owner had 
called in the late Mr. M‘Robie, who had destroyed the mare 
by cutting her throat before they got back. 
Again, he says, “ Mr. Anderson's remarks about the 
teaching of Obstetrics in our schools being deficient, I can 
bear out," &c. Mr. Anderson never made use of expres¬ 
sions w r hich would lead any person to suppose such was the 
case; he only said that he had never heard of a case of 
“ twist in the womb " before he met with it himself, not 
even at the college. And Mr. Aitken was the only person 
present who appeared to have met with any such; and the 
way he operated w r as stated in the last outline of proceedings 
which I sent you. 
Then, again, he makes it appear as if Mr. Aitken had 
said, he always amputated at the knees. The remarks Mr. 
Aitken made were to the effect that, after he had tried 
every means to bring the foetus into a proper position for 
extraction, and those failed, he cut through the knee, 
leaving the lower part of the leg attached to the skin; he 
then separated the skin up over the shoulder, took away 
the whole of the leg from the knee up, and then, by means 
of an instrument fixed to the head and the lower part of the 
leg, which w T as attached to the skin, he drew the foetus 
away. 
A good deal more might be said, but I think this will be 
enough to show that Mr. Gamgee does not hesitate to 
“cook" a report, if it is to make himself appear clever in the 
eyes of the profession, and also to serve his own ends. 
The members of the society did certainly sympathise with 
Mr. Gamgee when his name was brought before the public 
in connexion with an unfortunate case, but they as certainly 
feel annoyed at Mr. Gamgee’s trying to make a tool of the 
association to suit his own ends. 
Charles Moir, 
Honorary Secretary. 
To the Editors of the * Veterinarian,* 
