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I strongly commend this form of certificate, especially when it is a 
high-priced animal we are examining, or when we apprehend advantage 
may be taken of us. There may be some of my professional brethren 
who will pooh-pooh this form of certificate, and say it cannot be binding ; 
they may say—“ See the notice on the railway passenger’s ticket: it is 
not legally bindingbut I am advised that there is not the slightest 
similarity between the two cases. Perhaps some may cavil who have 
never given five minutes’ deep, earnest consideration to the subject in their 
lives. But I ask the more thoughtful, enlightened, and earnest men in 
my profession to ponder it over seriously, for we cannot conduct our 
daily avocation, such as it is, with a halter like a millstone round our 
necks, as is now the case, and be liable to be tripped up at every step 
we take by other eminent experts giving evidence in a court of law 
against us. Something must be done. 
If the want of skill, or want of due care, is palpable, then neither this 
form of certificate nor any other form of certificate can protect us, nor 
is it right it should do; but if we have exercised proper care, and 
brought to bear sufficient skill, then the above form of certificate, “ it 
being a notice to tke party of the terms and the only terms on which the 
certificate is given,” will entirely remove our responsibility, and will prove 
a perfect and complete protection. 
Mr. J. B. Wolstenholme placed upon the table a number of the capsules 
of the Trichina spiralis , and gave a short history of them, whch he saw 
some months ago. A male dissecting subject in the Owens College, Man¬ 
chester, was found to contain Trichinae ; a portion of muscle was given to 
him in which he found a large number of the capsules of the Trichina 
spiralis. He said that of the specimens I exhibit one is an entire cap¬ 
sule, the other a section showing its positive relation to the muscular 
fibres. All the capsules have undergone calcareous degeneration (being 
the calcareous particles of the first discovery), and must in consequence 
have been in the subject for a long time. 
The specimens were viewed with great interest by the members, and 
a cordial vote of thanks was accorded Mr. Wolstenholme. 
The Secretary then read a communication which he had received from 
the secretary of the Liverpool Veterinary Medical Association, request¬ 
ing the Members to consider a resolution passed at a recent meeting of 
that Society, with respect to the election of candidates to the Council of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. After considerable discussion 
the matter was left in the hands of a committee, which was at once 
formed, viz. Messrs. W. A. Taylor, J. B. Wolstenholme, A. Lawson, E. 
Faulkner, the president and secretary, and a resolution was passed 
requesting the secretary to communicate with the secretary of the 
Liverpool Veterinary Medical Association, thanking him for his letter, 
and intimating to him the decision aimed at. 
The following gentlemen were then unanimously re-elected officers of 
the Association for the ensuing year : 
President. —Mr. W. Dacre. 
Vice-Presidents. — Messrs. T. Hopkin,'John Lawson, and W. A. 
Taylor. 
Treasurer. —Mr. A. Lawson. 
Secretary. —Mr. Sam. Locke. 
A cordial vote of thanks to the office bearers for the past year, which 
was carried by acclamation, closed the proceedings. 
Sam. Locke, Hon. &ec. 
