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and regarded it as a low form of ringworm. He had treated them 
with mercurial ointment and zinci oxyd. He had also observed 
it in a stable where there was an absence of heat, and again in 
animals exercised in a straw yard where they lathered after 
exercise. 
Mr.Moore , sen., wished to know from the chairman when the 
eruption came out; so far as he had seen, it much resembled equine 
pox, and its contagiousness supported that theory; it also affected 
parts where the rug did not lie. Did it as a fact come from 
America or Germany ? The Germans said it came from Switzer¬ 
land. 
In reply, the President said the first change which takes place 
was infiltration of the dermis in circumscribed areas, followed by 
superficial inflammation, and from the absence of constitutional 
disturbance, it certainly might be said not to accord with equine 
variola. And as horses and their clothing were often taken to dif¬ 
ferent parts of the country, infection was easy. If it could be shown 
to have been introduced here by American purchases, as some 
large buyers say, it would become a matter for the consideration 
of the veterinary department of the Privy Council. It was a 
fact that its spread and extent closely related to the traffic in 
Canadian horses. 
Messrs. Charles Sheather and Thos. Chester man were duly 
elected, and the meeting adjourned. 
Present 19 Fellows and 5 visitors. 
James Rowe, Hon . Sec. 
The next meeting was held Thursday, February 6th, at 7 
p.m. 
Mr. Charles Sheather related a case of rupture of the lesser 
curvature of the stomach, a sequel to case of colic. In the later 
stage of treatment he gave charcoal in a draught, which was re¬ 
turned by the nostrils ; seeing this effect, which lasted till death, 
he repeated it and watched the animal. At the post mortem there 
was muscular rupture ; the stomach contents were fluid. 
The discussion was more on the negative evidence of prior 
disease the parts offered, and the possibility of vomition, Mr. 
J. Mavor giving an instance of vomition in a horse attended 
with recovery, and Mr. Hancock mentioning two others. Mr. 
Sheather ascribed death to over-distension. 
Mr. Fleming , next quoting instances of the case where horses 
die from eating the soil when on the picket lines, said he had two 
trays of pebbles and rough stones to show r that were voided by a dog 
of Baroness Coutts*, who constantly swallowed them. One day 
he was watched and confined, when in the course of twenty-four 
hours he voided a mass of stones weighing 9 oz. 1 dr. The 
