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ful consideration, the society came to the conclusion that no 
dangerous consequences were proved by experience to have 
resulted from the use of such food. 
In the faee of such facts and statements,, the highly im¬ 
portant questions^ so lately and loudly agitated,, relative to 
the spread of disease by contagion and infection, and to the 
poisonous effects of diseased meat on the public health, 
cannot be too deliberately considered; and Parliament 
assuredly would best consult its own wisdom and the happi¬ 
ness and welfare of the publie, before committing itself to 
hurried legislation, to consult those best competent, from 
pathological knowledge as well as personal observation and 
experienee, to pronounee authoritative opinions, than listening 
to the interested representations of parties seeking to create 
new and lucrative offices, which would only have the effect of 
making them real public nuisances, in place of the imaginary 
ones they eomplain of. I say the Government should pause 
and ponder, considering how deeply the vital interests of 
agriculture, and the immense capital invested in it by dealers 
in stock and butchers, v/ould be injured by hasty and ill- 
considered legislature enactments. 
I am, gentlemen. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veter mar iand 
TUMOUR WITHIN THE WINDPIPE OF A HORSE. 
By Walter Watson, M.R.C.V.S., Rngby. 
The following is a brief history of the patient whose 
trachea I forwarded to you a short time ago. The animal in 
question was a chestnut horse, seven years old, which had 
been regularly hunted, and appeared in perfect health, but as 
the hunting season was drawing to a close, the owner wisheclfc 
to dispose of him, and the Rev. T. AV. Jex Blake, of this town, 
beeame a purchaser on the 11th of March. In a few 
days after, upon riding him fast up hill, Mr. Blake 
fancied the animal made a slight noise during respiration: 
this was also noticed by a friend who rode him a short 
time after. On March 31st my partner, Mr. AValker, was 
called upon to examine him with especial reference to his wind, 
and pronouneed him to be a roarer, the animal at this time 
making considerable noise.^^ As nothing was to be seen 
at this time to aceonnt for the roaring, it was attributed 
