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VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
At a meeting of the eouneil of the Association, held 
October 16th, it was decided that the first prize—a silver 
medal—be av/ardcd to the essay on ^Abscesses, their Cause, 
Patliology, and Treatment,^ bearing the motto, Miiltum in 
parvo; and that a certificate of merit be also awarded to the 
essays, Dum sjnro spero and Tallyo-Harkawuy, they being 
found to possess very great and nearly equal merit. 
The winner of the medal was 
Mr. E. G. CiiownuRST ; 
and of the certificates of merit, 
Mr. S. L. Buckley, and 
Mr. J. Pyatt. 
The award—also a silver medal—for the best anatomical 
preparation—the fore-limb of the horse injected—was made 
to Mr. Thos. Walley, and a certificate of merit for the second 
best to Mr. S. L. Buckley. 
At an adjourned meeting of the council, held October 
20th, certificates of thanks for their respective papers, read 
before the Society during the past session, were awarded to 
M essrs. Iii. Cx. C^roAvhuist, I], ^lanistei, R. I. Hardy, T?. 
Walley, S. L. Buckley, J. D. Overed, E. Hire, and B. Talbot, 
p 'It was also determined that the subject of the prize essay 
for the present session should be, The preparation, com¬ 
position, therapeutic and poisonous action of the common 
medicinal compounds of lead, copper, mercury, zinc, and 
barium; also the antidotes to, and analytical methods of 
detecting these agents, in their pure state, and in the viscera 
of an animal; likewise a description of the treatment of 
animals suffering from the effects of these poisons.’’’ The 
anatomical preparation to be, ^^The arteries and nerves 
supplying the teeth—incisor and molar—of the horse.” 
The following gentlemen were then chosen as the council 
for the forthcoming session, the former members having re¬ 
tired in accordance with the rules of the Association, viz.— 
Professor Yarnell, President. 
,, SiMONDs, Treasurer. 
„ Tuson, Secretary. 
]Mr. Pritchard, Acting Secretary and Librarian; 
and Messrs. J. C. Broad, H. T. Batt, J. Rowe, J. Woodger, 
C. Low, and J. R. Cox, Vice-Presidents, from among the 
inembers of tlic profession in practice in town, 
