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Dr. Winchester said that it is not necessary to introduce the germ by the 
respiratory track, as proved by the experiment of feeding the virus to animals 
and producing the disease, thus showing that it may be introduced by the diges¬ 
tive track. 
Dr. A. W. Clements—lately returned from Berlin and Alfort—being called 
on for remarks on the subject, said that in Berlin it was agreed that tuberculosis 
is a contagious disease. Until lately Virchow has doubted it, but now is con¬ 
vinced; Koch has found its bacillus, inoculated and produced the disease. Koch 
also says that the bacillus is identical with that in tuberculosis affecting the 
human subject. Dr. Clements said he did not think the disease as contagious as 
glanders or anthrax; that is, the contagium is not so active. People working in 
a laboratory or dissecting room do not often contract tuberculosis from a subject, 
but sometimes do contract anthrax or glanders. The bacillus of tuberculosis 
develops more slowly than that of the other diseases mentioned. If the con¬ 
tagium of tuberculosis is denied, surely the germ theory must fall to the ground. 
In answer to a question, Dr. Clements said that the germ had been taken from a 
human subject and transferred to an animal and produced the disease. He also 
said a few cases of tuberculosis in horses had been found in Berlin, which cases 
were diagnosed by the presence of the germ. He also mentioned having seen 
many cases of lung trouble in cattle, as long standing broncho-pneumonia, for 
instance, in which nodules were found much resembling the tubercles of tubercu¬ 
losis, but on microscopical examination they proved not to be tubercular. 
Dr. Winchester suggested that perhaps in many cases our diagnosis was not 
correct, and what we have thought to be the lesions of tuberculosis may not have 
been. 
Following the remarks on tuberculosis there were related several interesting 
cases : One of chorea in the horse, by Dr. Bryden; a peculiar case of spinal 
meningitis, by Dr. Skully; a case of azoturia, by Dr. Peters, post-mortem of 
which showed pus in both kidneys and a large abscess in the right one; a case of 
azoturia finally followed by spinal meningitis, related by Dr. Bryden ; a case of 
azoturia, in which the animal was unable to rise for ten days, and finally made a 
complete recovery, reported by Dr. Winchester. 
The meeting finally adjourned, to meet January 26, 1887. 
L. H. Howard, Secretary. 
ANNUAL DINNER ONTARIO VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
The tenth annual dinner of the students of the Ontario Vet¬ 
erinary College was held in the Walker House on the evening of 
the 28th of January, there being present students from all parts 
of the Dominion of Canada, the United States and Australia. 
Among the more prominent of the guests were Prof. Smith, 
Dr. Thorburn, Dr. Duncan, Dr. Richardson, Dr. Wright, Rev. 
Dr. Potts, Rev. Dr. Wild, Rev. Mr. Milligan, Dr. May, Prof. 
Sheard, of the Trinity Medical School; Dr. Cowan, V. S., G-alt; 
