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at once, as it were, and then expel it with the slow action and 
“ double-lift” of broken-wind. 
The reading of the paper was followed by some friendly 
remarks from those present. 
Mr. Borthwick related that on lately bleeding a lot of cattle, at 
the request of the owner, as a preventive to quarter-ill, &c., one 
of them, half an hour after being bled, began suddenly to run 
furiously round and round the court bellowing and foaming at 
the mouth, then fell into convulsions, and shortly after died. Mr. 
Borthwick wished to know whether this could be attributed in 
any way to the bleeding, or whether, as he supposed, it was a 
case of acute stomach staggers (of which there had been 
several in the neighbourhood) with which the animal had been 
affected previously, and which the excitement of bleeding had 
aggravated. 
The members were unanimously of opinion that Mr. Berth- 
wick’s view was the correct one. 
Mr. Aitken, Dalkeith, as showing how suddenly the entrance 
of air into the vein is sometimes followed by fatal results, stated 
that a coachman in his neighbourhood had bled one of his 
master’s horses. Almost as soon as the vein was opened the 
horse threw up his head, reared and fell, and died almost imme¬ 
diately, the operator disappearing very rapidly. 
Mr. Baird related also an interesting case showing th z post-mortem 
appearances of broken-wind. A valuable hunter became “thick- 
winded,” was put off work, treated, and got considerably better ; 
but, getting two or three severe runs afterwards, he was found to 
be useless and ultimately shot. Mr. Baird opened the chest 
immediately afterwards and found the lungs filling the cavity, 
inflated with air, and with little bladder-like eminences on their 
surface; after a little these disappeared, and the lungs gradually 
and slowly collapsed. 
The members after the meeting dined together, and spent a 
very cheerful and pleasant afternoon. Professor Walley consented 
to read a paper at the next meeting, to be held in August. 
C. Cunningham, 
Secretary. 
