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I have never seen a case in a pregnant animal or after three 
years old ; but possibly some of you may, which must be con= 
sidered as exceptional. 
I now beg, gentlemen, to draw my remarks to a close, and 
to thank you for the attention given me, hoping to be benefited 
by the observations that may be made by you in the dis¬ 
cussion which is to follow. 
The chairman, after expressing his opinion of what they 
had heard, called on the members to state theirs, when an 
animated discussion followed, taken part in especially by 
Messrs. Anderson, of Glasgow; Dobie, of Irrind; Blackie, 
of Belbshill; Robb, of Parkhead; Sharp, of Hamilton, and 
Pottie, of Renfrew. 
A vote of thanks having been tendered to Mr. Lang for 
his valuable paper, the meeting terminated. 
A. Pottie, M.R.C.V.S., Secretary . 
Reviews. 
Quid sit pulchrura, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H oh, 
On the Disease of Sheep commonly known as Rot y Coathe , or 
Bane. By G. T. Brown, M.R.C.V.S., pp. 37. 
On Therapeutics. By G. T. Brown, M.R.C.V.S., Professor 
of Veterinary Surgery at the Royal Agricultural 
College, Cirencester, pp. 90. 
It is praiseworthy and pleasant to see the members of 
our profession thus employing their pens for the benefit, 
more especially, of that section of the community with which 
we are most intimately connected. We much prefer this 
independent mode of acting to that of re-editing the works 
of those who were not scientifically acquainted with our art, 
and which contain a vast amount of useless and absurd 
matter, that has to be expunged so as to bring them up to 
the state of veterinary medicine at the present day. 
The opinions of individuals are thus made known, and 
can be freely canvassed and tested. By it, also, the pro- 
