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servation, he has found the following method to work well : 
—cut thin longitudinal sections from the extremities of 
muscles, and from other favourite localities where the worms, 
in migrating, stop in greatest abundance, and place the 
sections in a watch-glass, covering them with acetic acid. In 
a few minutes the tissues will be transparent enough to enable 
one to see the letters through the specimens when the watch- 
glass is placed on a printed page. Drain off the acid, add 
water and examine, or wash and transfer to a glass slip (large, 
with large cover, for a number of sections at once), either in 
water or glycerine, and cover. For permanent preservation, 
while the sections are still in glycerine, press them for several 
days between plates of glass, and mount at leisure in pure 
glycerine. When thus prepared, the parasites remain coloured 
more highly than the surrounding muscular fibres, and readily 
attract the eye. They are so plain, that none, when brought 
into the field of view, can escape instant detection. The 
process is simple, takes but little time, and is inexpensive. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
Monthly Council, Wednesday, June 4th, 1879. Present, Colonel 
Kingscote, C.B., M.P., Trustee, in the chair. 
Veterinary Report. 
Colonel Kingscote , C.B., M.P., reported that there were no reports on 
cases investigated during the last month from the Royal Veterinary Col¬ 
lege. A letter had been received from Dr. Burdon Sanderson, informing 
the Committee that owing to Dr. Greenfield not having been able to 
obtain material for prosecuting experiments on anthrax, nothing has been 
carried out in this direction. The Committee recommended that the 
Metropolitan Board of Works be communicated with in reference to 
obtaining information relative to outbreaks of disease of animals in the 
metropolis; and that a copy of the rules and regulations guiding the 
examinations for prizes and medals for proficiency in cattle pathology be 
forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and the Secretary of the 
Highland Society, together with an explanatory letter, suggesting that 
the prizes should be open to students from all parts of the United 
Kingdom, and inviting their co-operation to carry this into effect. 
Professor Simonds had reported that experiments were being carried on 
at the Royal Veterinary College with respect to the disease which is 
known by the name of Trichinosis. 
The report was adopted. 
