CENTRAL VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 455 
Professor Axe 
. 455 
Mr. Flanigan 
. 221 
Mr. Robertson 
. 444 
— Talbot. 
. 213 
— Gowing 
. 417 
— Broad . 
. 210 
— Simonds 
. 375 
— Wragg 
. 201 
— Whittle 
. 348 
— Santy . 
. 194 
— Anderton 
. 300 
— Cox 
. 192 
— Dray . 
. 257 
— OWLES . 
. 121 
— Balls . 
. 248 
— Moon . 
. 84 
— Cartwright 
. 245 
— G. Williams 
. 41 
The first six were therefore declared duly elected, viz. Professor Axe, 
Messrs. Robertson, Gowing, Professor Simonds, Messrs. Whittle and 
Anderton. 
Messrs. Spooner, Avis, Broad, junr., Peacock, Dixson, and Sowerby, 
were the scrutineers. 
On the motion of Professor Williams, seconded by Mr. Gibbings , a vote 
of thanks was accorded to the President, and the proceedings termi¬ 
nated. 
CENTRAL VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
An ordinary meeting was held at Red Lion Square on Thursday 
evening, March 6th, 1879. The President, Professor Axe, in the chair, 
when discussion of his paper on diphtheria in relation to garget was 
enewed. 
Mr. Fleming , adverting to Mr. Power’s report, a copy of which was 
before him, said the attempt to trace the relationship between the 
human malady and the bovine was very feeble; he knew that the milk 
sellers in Kilburn had been severe losers by that report, and it was not 
unlikely legal proceedings would be taken against the author or the 
Pathological Society. Personally he was astonished that he should have 
tried to established a relationship. Just recently Dr. Dickershoff in 
Germany, an excellent pathologist, had published a remarkable account 
of an outbreak of diphtheria in calves; how it arose was, however, not 
stated, it was considered infectious, an attendant man being affected with 
similar symptoms, he doubted if anything similar affected the cows’ udder. 
He inquired of Mr. Banham if the Committee of the Pathological Society 
had made any investigation of garget; in answer thereto nothing had 
yet been heard of it. 
The President said as soon as he heard of the report he put himself in 
connection with persons in the neighbourhood, and visited not only Muswell 
Hill Farm, but also the Kilburn places; he witnessed the manner of milking 
and the disposal of the milk ; he likewise saw the veterinary surgeon, and 
was assured there was no garget or any specific disease prevalent for the 
first six months to which Mr. Power’s report first dealt. The investigation 
seemed partial, as a list of customers had been furnished the doctor by the 
owner of the dairies, and this had been strictly followed up. The inquiry 
had not been extended to other dairies. Such a house-to-house inquiry 
would, no doubt, swell the number of throat affections which might 
not otherwise come under medical observation. It appeared from a 
monthly report of St. Marylebone, furnished him by Mr. Moore, that Dr. 
Whitmore gave a tolerably full account of the matter. 
Mr. Fleming said it was the fashion to consider the principle of disorder 
to lie in the milk apparently for want of some better explanation, and 
Mr. Power finding everything else fail fell back on the milk supposition. 
Looking at the dimensions of the milk trade and its utility in households, 
he thought medical men should be very careful in that respect, owing to 
