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permission was granted to the Secretary to reside out of College, 
if he should wish to do so. 
Mr. Fleming and Mr. Greaves, spoke in feeling terms of the 
bereavement Mr. Coates had sustained, and which necessitated 
a change of residence. 
It was agreed, that the College premises be left in the charge of 
some responsible person during the night, and that the Secretary 
be in attendance at 10, Red Lion Square, for business from 
10 a.m. to 4 p.m., except on Saturday, when it shall be from 
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. 
The Council then adjourned. 
Notice of Motion for a new Bye-law to follow 32, of the 'present 
Bye-laws, by Geo. Fleming, F.R.C.V.S.:— 
“March 5th, 1879. 
“ That in case any student, after having attended the pre¬ 
scribed course, is prevented by any cause—the fault not being 
his own—for presenting himself for the First or Second Exami¬ 
nation, he shall, after having passed the particular Examination, 
be allowed to present himself for the one immediately following, 
by studying one term less than he would by the Bye-laws 31 and 
32, provided the full number of terms shall have been complied 
with.” 
CENTRAL VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
Special Meeting Wednesday Feb. 12th, 1879. 
Proeessor Axe in the chair. 
The Secretary read the minutes of the last meeting which were 
confirmed. He afterwards exhibited a specimen of induration 
of the mammary gland which had been brought by Mr. Shaw; he 
also called attention to the case of a rat which appeared to have 
suffered from scrofula, as both kidneys were much enlarged as 
was also the spleen; the abdominal viscera also presented a grapy 
condition. He thought the science of comparative pathology 
might be considerably enriched by the study of morbid changes 
as they occur in such animals as the rat. Some time ago he 
removed from the liver of one of these creatures a circular 
entozoon having at one spot about twenty little hooklets. It 
measured over an inch in length. 
Mr. Broad said he once found a similar entozoon in the liver 
of a mouse. 
Brofessor Axe said from a casual examination he had made of the 
diseased parts, the pathological characters would seem to favour 
the view taken by the Secretary that the morbid growth in the 
several organs was tuberculous. A microscopic examination of 
the structure would enable him to speak more definitely on the 
point, and he proposed to examine the parts on the first opportunity. 
