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slaughtering diseased animals, and let him be shewn the necessity of 
keeping a strict watch over his stock to prevent the spread of disease, and to 
assist in the furnishing of statistics, whereby an accurate result could be 
obtained. As a rule lie does not place the value upon, nor attach suffi¬ 
cient importance to the amount of loss which by indirect means he suffers; 
he forgets the calf which he lost; the “ auld coo,” which died ; “ ah, she 
was not worth much,” and thus he palliates the nature of the loss of 
which he does not know, or care how to estimate. 
A proper record of all cases should be kept, with the name of the 
owner, colour of the animal’s skin, nature of its breed, name of the 
butcher, inspector or veterinary surgeon, &c., and thus facilitate a return of 
the actual extent to which these diseases prevail, as by no other means 
will any reliable information be collected. 
Mr. Thompson thought the most advisable course would be to follow 
out a definite plan of inspection, so as to arrive at some data on which to 
base our calculations of the extent to which these diseases prevail; and 
the first essential point he thought to be obtained is the confidence of the 
employer. 
Mr. Gudgeon thought [the [foot-and-mouth disease should be included 
in the Bill to be brought before Parliament next year, for he was con¬ 
vinced that, from experience which he had gained in the matter, the losses 
were far more considerable from it than any other cause. 
Mr. II. E. Wilkinso?i considered the only effective check which could 
be brought to bear upon the present traffic in diseased animals would be 
to organize at once a body of efficient inspectors, who should be 
thoroughly qualified veterinary surgeons of well-tried skill, and well- 
known for probity and firmness of principle, receiving their power 
from Government, and devoting their whole time and scrutiny to public 
markets in order to detect diseased cattle, and make a public example of 
unprincipled salesmen ; to begin at the byres is to begin at the wrong end ; 
the marketsjafford the principal scope to a properly qualified inspector. 
Professor John Gamgee suggested that veterinary medical associations, 
such as this, should set about collecting all the information possible on 
this subject, in order to furnish statistics of the ravages of contagious 
diseases ; they should also report on the same, petition Government, and 
also co-operate with Government in order to'bring about that state of 
security and exemption from the effects of those diseases. It is a work 
in which veterinary surgeons should engage themselves; and a work 
which should also be done apart from veterinary colleges. 
Mr. E. G. Drag, Leeds, said, as President of the Yorkshire Veterinary 
Medical Association, he should feel a great pleasure in doing all that laid 
in his power in order to collect information, and had no doubt the mem¬ 
bers of the Society would also render efficient aid ; but as far as his means 
were concerned—his practice lying chiefly among horses,—he felt they 
were considerably limited, nevertheless some useful information might 
be gained by a firm co-operation in each Society. 
Mr. Greaves , Manchester , fully indorsed all that had been stated by Mr. 
Dray, and would use his best efforts to collect information. He might 
also say with Mr. Dray that the diseases of cattle almost formed with him 
the exception ; but through his brethren of the Lancashire Society much 
might be obtained ; veterinary surgeons, if desirous, can furnish more 
valuable information than any other class of men. 
Mr. W. E. Naylor, Wakefield, said he wished to make a few observa¬ 
tions, not that he felt that he could throw’any particular light upon the 
subject, but more especially with reference to the aspect in which the foot- 
and-mouth disease was viewed in his immediate neighbourhood. He 
