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which he had presented the paper. He considered that as a lite¬ 
rary production it was one of great excellence. He thought that 
one of the symptoms presented by the cow could hardly be ex¬ 
plained on the grounds of strychnine poisoning, that wtas the 
circular movements of the cow. As a rule, strychnine poisoning 
did not produce this circular progression. He had much pleas¬ 
ure in moving a vote of thanks to Dr. Irwin, which was sec¬ 
onded by Dr. Coxe and carried. 
Dr. Coxe introduced the question of the desirability of sew¬ 
ing accidental wounds. In his opinion a wound must be a bad 
one and in a bad place, or he would not sew it up. He finds 
that wounds do better if not stitched. Dr. Martin was of the 
opinion that the average wjound would do as well unstitched as 
stitched, but there are many wounds that require stitching. 
The owner in most cases imagines the veterinarian is not doing 
his duty if he does not stitch the wound. If we don't do it some¬ 
one else will, and in many cases the wound is stitched for the 
reason that the owner expects it to be done. Stitches retain se¬ 
cretions and in many cases do more harm than good. 
Dr. Dunbar (thought that wounds did as well without stitches, 
horizontal wounds especially are much better without stitches. 
Stitches however are often necessary, and owners are hard to 
persuade of the uselessness of stitches. 
Dr. Coxe did not allow the owner to dictate to him how a 
case was to.be treated. If he thought a wound was better with¬ 
out stitches it didn’t matter what the owner said he wouldn’t 
stitch it. He considered in most cases stitches were unneces¬ 
sary. 
Dr. Leslie related an experience in which he used hair pulled 
out of the mane in order to stitch a wound, to which he had 
been called and discovered that he had no suture material. The 
wound did remarkably well, but three weeks later the owner 
wanted to know why gray scars had marked out the place of 
each stitch! 
Dr. McGilvray was of the opinion that the best time to 
stitch \Vas not immediately after the infliction of the wound, 
but from 12 to 24 hours later. 
The following resolutions were adopted: 
“ Whereas, The Veterinary Association of Manitoba has 
learned with regret of the resignation of Dr. Rutherford from 
the position of Veterinary Director General and Livestock Com¬ 
missioner of Canada, be it 
