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CORRESPONDENCE. 
Mr. Bowhill’s supposition—that rise of temperature does not 
alone produce lesions—is self-evident, nor do I suppose that any 
one will contend that it does. 
The term eruptive fever may, in my opinion, he very aptly ap¬ 
plied in swine-plague, and 1 fancy was so applied in the first in¬ 
stance to similar diseases by a wiser head than either mine or Mr. 
Bowhill’s, and if in any disease the skin lesions deserve the term 
of eruption, those of swine fever certainly do—as I describe in 
my paper on the subject. 
2nd, Mr. Bowliill eharges me with neglect of the work of 
Messrs. Detmers and Salmon. Had I been conversant with the 
writings of these gentlemen, I should, with pleasure, have noticed 
them. 
3d, In re pulmonary lesions, Mr. Bowhill should have left 
out the word u every,” and he should have reproduced accur¬ 
ately my statement on this point. 
4th, In re the condition of the foeces, Mr. Bowhill should 
have read into pp. 21, 22 of my paper, and he would there have 
found that I state—“ But more largely they (the foeces) will be 
found ( a ) in the form of small concrete masses, etc; (b) in the 
form of large masses of a very dark color, of firm consistence, 
very cohesive, etc.” I am, 
Your ob’t serv’t, 
Thomas AY alley. 
AN APPEAL FOR MORE INTEREST IN MEETINGS. 
Providence, Jan. 5. 1887. 
Mr. Editor: 
In the January number of the Review is a notice of the 
meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical Association, to 
take place in Philadelphia next March. I hope there will be a 
corporal guard in number at least, but if the meeting is not more 
interesting than it generally is, the number, however small, will 
not be half paid for going, for I have no doubt that there will be 
the regular amendment to the constitution and by-laws and the 
ordinary amount of quibbling over some technical points, that 
are neither entertaining or instructive—as has been the case for 
