880 
COLEMAN PRIZE. 
appointed, and have their just claim recognised, and fair and rea¬ 
sonable remuneration for their services. 
Mr, Cleveland said that his experience of the foot and mouth 
disease led him to the opinion that if it were neglected in the earlier 
stages of the disease it might result in dysentery. He cited cases 
which had recently occurred in his practice, some of which had 
terminated fatally. The disease had been reported to be very fatal 
at one farm in Surrey, and several fatalities had taken place in 
Suffolk. This danger showed the necessity there was of the owner 
of cattle employing a professional man, as he might find it more 
economical than allowing his beasts to get into a typhoid condition. 
Mr. Smith said that a half per cent, was as a rule suflScient to 
allow for the deaths, if animals had the disease under ordinary 
circumstances, and provided due regard were taken for the condition 
of the beasts suffering from the disease. 
Mr. Overed said the disease was more fatal to weanling calves 
than to adult animals. 
Mr. Seaman and the Chairman mentioned cases of calves which 
had died from the first shock to the system, caused by taking the 
warm milk from the cow. 
A general conversation then ensued as to the best modes of treat¬ 
ment, one gentleman thinking it would be advisable to nurse the 
affected animals for a time in a cow-house, while another preferred 
turning them into a clean dry pasture; but all concurred in the 
necessity of careful nursing, and keeping the animals in dry situa¬ 
tions. 
COLEMAN PRIZE. 
At the close of the introductory lecture at the Royal Veterinary Col¬ 
lege, Mr. J. Wilkinson, who occupied the chair as the representative 
Governor of the Institution, presented the medals and certificates 
to the successful competitors for “ the Coleman Prize,” addressing 
to each some suitable and well-timed remarks. The award was as 
follows :— 
Silver Medal.—Mr. Thos. Powell, Newton Longville, Bletchley. 
Prize Medal.—Mr. Jas. Henry Bennett, Havering-Atte-Bower, 
Essex. 
Certificate of Merit.—Mr. William Jackson, Sheffield. 
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS). 
Return of the number of foreign animals brought by sea 
to ports in Great Britain, which on inspection on landing, 
within the month of September, 1869, have been found to 
