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the castration of horses, the removal of tumours, &c., was highly 
spoken of. 
Mr. Fleming named a very interesting case in which he had success¬ 
fully removed (without hemorrhage) a tumour from the inguinal region 
of a mare, which weighed 4| lbs. He recommended in all such cases the 
skin to be incised, and the tumour separated from its superficial attach¬ 
ments, before its removal was attempted, which should be done slowly 
and deliberately, as haemorrhage would then be less likely to follow the 
operation. 
The President then requested Mr. Fleming to read his paper on 
“ Tuberculosis from a sanitary and pathological point of view. 55 It is 
unnecessary to state that this important subject was treated by the 
essayist in a most scientific and exhaustive manner, being calculated to 
assist us very materially in arriving at correct conclusions respecting the 
true pathology of this hitherto somewhat obscure malady, and also of its 
great importance to the public in general, viewed as a sanitary question. 
The discussion which followed was both animated and instructive, in 
which the medical gentlemen present took a prominent part, and at its 
close the President conveyed to Mr. Fleming the cordial thanks of the 
members for his kindness in being present on that occasion, and for the 
excellent paper with which he had favoured them. He (the President) 
trusted that it would be published in the professional journals, and also 
in pamphlet form for circulation, to which the essayist kindly con¬ 
sented, and expressed his acknowledgments. # 
A vote of thanks to the President for his able conduct in the chair, 
and to the Hon. Sec. for his services, was carried by acclamation and 
respectively acknewledged by Mr. Santy and Mr. Overed. 
The members and visitors afterwards dined together, and spent a very 
agreeable evening. 
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DENTITION OF PIGS. 
At a meeting of the Council, held at the Agricultural Hall, February 
3rd. Present: Lord Tredegar, President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the last Council meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Stewards 5 report on protests and other matters connected with 
the last show was received and adopted. 
On the recommendation of the stewards, it was resolved that the 
following rule be readopted, viz. :— 
“ All the Pigs exhibited at the Smithfield Club’s Shows shall have the 
state of their dentition examined by a competent authority previously to 
the Judges making their award. If the dentition shall indicate that the 
age of the Pigs has been incorrectly returned in the Certificate, the 
Stewards shall disqualify such Pigs, and report the same to the 
Council. 55 
It was resolved that the necessary portions of Professor Simonds’ 
paper on dentition of pigs be reprinted in a cheap form, after having 
been revised by the Professor. 
# We hope to be able to publish this paper in our next issue.— 
[Eds.] 
