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save the rectum, one being passed from the sole of the foot; in the above 
cases he thought they became attached to some hard food which assisted 
them in their passage. A horse in his regiment was under observation now, 
being supposed to have swallowed one of the iron logs with a chain 
attached, round-shaped, and of nearly two pounds weight. He had 
indicated uneasiness by putting his nose towards the chest and throwing 
it upwards in the air, with convulsions passing along the body ; he was 
then thought to be colicky and treated accordingly, but the chain and log 
being reported as missing it was doubtless choking at the time, now two 
months since. Time would show the truth or fallacy of the theory. 
Mr. Hancock then exhibited a horse-shoe dug up at Ilford Cemetery 
eighteen feet deep, which he will send to the Museum. 
Mr. J. H. Steel then read a very exhaustive paper on bacteria in 
relation to biology, illustrated with din grams and microscopic slides, 
which occupied the remainder of the evening, and the consideration of 
which was adjourned to the next meeting. 
Mr. John Atkinson, of London, was proposed as a Fellow, and the 
meeting adjourned. Present, ten Fellows and two visitors. 
James Rowe, Hon. Sec. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian .’ 
YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The spring quarterly meeting was held at the Queen’s Hotel, Leeds, 
on Tuesday, the 29th of April, the President, Mr. Peter Walker, in the 
chair. 
The following members were also present, viz.—Messrs. Naylor, 
Greaves, Freeman, J. Cuthbert, Anderton, J. M. Axe, Lodge, Scho¬ 
field, W. G. Spillman, G. Carter, J. Atcherley, E. Scriven, Edmundson, 
J. S. Carter, Pratt, Beeson, Prof. Axe, and the Secretary. 
Messrs. Robertson, V.S., and F. Cuthbert, student, were present as 
visitors. 
Apologies for non-attendance were sent by Prof. Williams, Messrs. 
Dray, Bale, Danby, Joseph and John Freeman, Tom Taylor, W. A. 
Taylor, and other friends. 
The minutes of the previous, meeting were read and confirmed. 
Professor Axe delivered a highly instructive and interesting lecture 
entitled “ Aids to Diagnosis.” He regretted exceedingly that circum¬ 
stances had not permitted him to commit his thoughts to paper; but he 
trusted he should be sufficiently explicit verbally. The Professor con¬ 
fined himself almost exclusively to elucidating the physical modes of 
diagnosis, and passed in review the uses of the opthalmoscope, micro¬ 
scope, stethoscope, thermometer, and urinometer. He regretted ex¬ 
ceedingly that veterinary surgeons generally had not studied the various 
uses of these instruments, but he trusted that the remarks which fell from 
him that afternoon would not fail to raise a spirit of inquiry amongst the 
members present. The opthalmoscope had produced marvellous results 
in our sister profession, and he anticipated that it would not only reveal 
to us, in numerous instances, the causes of “ shying ” in horses, but that 
inasmuch as it enabled us to view the inmost recesses of the eye, morbid 
conditions of the optic nerve and other structures were brought to our 
knowledge, blood blotches and old clots upon the retina were often, by 
its means, to be detected in the eyes of shying horses. After expatiating 
more fully upon the uses of the opthalmoscope and the patent effects 
