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Mr. Martin said he should like to remark that an outbreak of foot- 
and-mouth disease was reported to the local authority at Ely the other 
day. The inspector reported to the Privy Council, and Mr. Duguid 
went down from the Veterinary Department. They were, however, 
quite at a loss to know how it had arisen. If the Veterinary Committee 
would place themselves in communication with Professor Brown, they 
might be able to obtain some information which would prove of value. 
Mr. Bent asked Professor Simonds whether it was true that the same 
disease as rot in sheep had attacked cattle, and even horses. 
Mr. Chandos-Pole-Gell and Mr. Neville said they had known instances 
of the disease in cattle. 
Mr. Rawlence said that he had never before known a cow die of a fluke 
liver during forty-five years’ management of estates in the West of 
England, but now the disease was extremely prevalent all over his 
district. 
Colonel Kingscote was sorry to say that he had heard of three young 
horses in his neighbourhood dying from the disease. 
Professor Simonds said there was no doubt that, in consequence of the 
long-continued wet weather of last year, many cattle are affected with 
rot, as well as sheep. He did not anticipate that aged cattle would 
suffer materially from the disease, because there were plenty of instances 
of animals on being sent to the butcher giving evidence of having had 
flukes in the liver. Those which would suffer most were young cattle 
badly kept. 
With reference to horses, veterinarians very rarely found flukes in the 
liver of a horse ; and he did not anticipate that there was any truth, 
practically considered, in horses being seriously affected. Of course, 
one could readily understand that, under the circumstances in which 
sheep and cattle had suffered so much, flukes had also entered into 
the liver of the horse when at grass ; but it would be a new feature in 
veterinary pathology if it was found that horses died in consequence 
of a large number of these parasites in their liver. 
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
A Special Meeting of the Court of Examiners for the Fellowship 
Degree, was held February 27th, 1880, when the following candidates 
having produced their certificates underwent the necessary examination, 
and were admitted Fellows of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur¬ 
geons :— 
Mr. Wm. Sheppard Wallis, Halstead, Essex. 
„ John Wiggins, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. 
„ Wm. Albert Russell, Army Vet. Department, Dublin. 
,, Thos. Simpson, Seel Street, Liverpool. 
„ Isaac Vaughan (Professor), New Veterinary College, Edinburgh. 
QUESTIONS FOR THE FELLOWSHIP DEGREE. 
Physiology. 
1.—Enumerate the functions of the nervous system, state what is 
meant by reflex action, give an example and mention in what respect it 
differs from a voluntary act. 
