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To the assertion that Mr. Varnell neglected in his second 
examination to state anything respecting the horse being 
glandered, \ve would observe that if “scars on the septum of the 
nasal passages , and also enlargements of the submaxillary glands f 
are words meaning anything, they certainly convey to the 
mind of the veterinary surgeon the fact of the animal having 
indications of the disease in one of its stages. No blindness, 
however, is equal to wilful professional blindness; and this 
we are sorry to find Mr. Dollar the subject of to such a 
distressing extent. 
With reference to the denial of the man, that anything 
was said about the animal having glanders, we have simply to 
ask if the willing bearer of the untruth—“ that the horse 
belonged to Mr. Martin”—is to be believed in preference to 
the officers of the College, and others who stood by and 
heard the message delivered to him: “ Tell your master not 
to have anything to do with him, for most likely the horse is 
glandered/’ 
Here we must leave the subject; but we cannot do so 
without expressing a regret that so much of our readers 5 
time should be occupied by matter so unworthy of our 
columns. 
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
SPECIAL MEETING OE COUNCIL, March 16, 1859. 
Present : The President ; Messrs. Barrow, Cartledge, 
Cheeseman, Cherry, Dickens, Ernes, Field, Greaves, 
Hunt, Jex, Pritchard, Robinson, Silvester, Stockley, 
Turner, Wilkinson, Withers ; Professors Simonds, Morton, 
and Varnell, and the Secretary. 
Professor Spooner, the President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the preceding Meeting having been read 
and signed, a letter was read from the Secretary of the 
Lord Advocate of Scotland to the Secretary of the College, 
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