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action, and thus induced excessive vomition, and thereby caused ulcera¬ 
tion and ultimate death. In the case he cited the vomition seemed to 
have continued until the animal was exhausted. 
Mr. Banham held, in that event, he would have expected the ulcers to 
commence in the mucous membranes, but probably Mr. Gerrard’s 
theory was correct. 
Mr. T. Moore remarked there had been extreme emaciation. No one 
could suspect such a condition in life. Vomition could be caused by 
irritation of the mesenteric, which presses on the pneumogastric of the 
heart. Thought death was caused by a rupture, and the animal bleeding 
to death thereby. 
Mr. T. Moore then exhibited a horsecloth, made of a new material 
composed entirely of raw silk; had seen something similar a few years 
since; it was likely to be very useful, as it contained great warmth with 
lightness, being much lighter than ordinary clothing. Thought they would 
like to see it. He had had it made from a pattern head-cloth, ordinary 
ones fastened down the front; this one fastened down the side of the 
neck ; the horse’s throat was thus kept warm and free from draught. 
It cost 50s. Believed it to be very durable from what he had heard, and, 
being porous, it allowed perspiration to evaporate. 
The Chairman thought it a very useful and durable article, and was 
very light and warm. 
Mr. J. Woodger jun., then gave an account of a case of calculi occurring 
in the bladder of a half-bred Scotch terrier bitch, six years old, and 
weighing about 14 lbs. or 15 lbs. The animal was brought to him on 
May 4th, and was under his treatment only a few hours before death. 
Its owner give a slight history; observed there was a difficulty in 
urinating, and on examining her he found the bladder was enormously 
distended. When the dog was on the point of death he tried, ineffectually, 
to persuade its owner to have it destroyed. Never expected calculi, and 
had never heard of a case until the one Mr. T. Moore mentioned some little 
time since. He gave the animal some medicine to allay pain, and a few 
hours after that it died. Previous to death its owner mentioned that it 
passed about three and a half pints of water and blood, and saturated 
the room with urine and blood. He made & post mortem, and found the 
bladder contracted and full of calculi. There were hundreds of small 
pieces; many of them were lost in washing. The bladder was in a 
dreadful state, and had been so for some time. The kidneys were 
healthy. Thought when he saw the dog there was a calculus in the 
passage, and on moving the animal home it got shifted ; it died after 
passing the urine. The calculi appeared different to those Mr. T. Moore 
had exhibited some time since, in not being so white. He had not fully 
tested their composition, but sulphuric acid had no effect at all. In 
reply to Mr. Gerrard, did not think it possible to have cured the animal, 
as it was too far gone, and had not passed a catheter. 
Mr. T. Moore said, with reference to the case he brought forward, he 
had had another in a black-and-tan bitch, where he suspected calculi; it 
had been going on for twelve months, and at last was poisoned. In the 
bladder he found a nodule or tumour, which acted like a valve to the 
neck, as it covered about one eighth of an inch every time the animal 
wanted to pass water; it came just on the top of it. 
The Secretary said he never used a catheter. The best way to empty 
the bladder of a dog or bitch was to lay the animal gently on the floor, 
press the hand over the hips, and work it round over the flanks (the 
speaker here described, by movements of his hands, the motion he in¬ 
tended); by this means the animal’s sense of relief was very great. He 
