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disease which he called German smallpox, left scars like farcy buds, all 
over the body; s the swelling in the leg might be an ordinary case of 
lymphangitis; falling away of the hind legs might be the result old- 
standing case of mudrash ; in fact, all the symptoms of old-standing 
glanders might arise from other causes, and were, therefore, mis¬ 
leading. 
Mr. Steel said, in a case he knew of, the lesions could be traced 
through different stages; they were more acute, plainly showing, for 
instance, on the membrane, that an ulcer left a cicatrix behind, and 
sometimes, from the symptoms, he would have no hesitation in saying, 
in a court of law, that a case had existed for one month. 
The Chairma?i said it appeared quite evident that, if one had a horse in 
London falling off in condition, discharge coming from the nostril, and 
swelling of the glands, he might be killed, with a certainty that the 
animal was glandered ; but this could not be done in any other place but 
London, which he thought the hot-bed of the disease. He con¬ 
sidered horse repositories and water-troughs great sources of 
contagion, 
Mr. Broad said, as stated in his paper, that there appeared nothing won¬ 
derful in the disease lying dormant in the system; tubercles in the lungs 
frequently required extraneous conditions to set them at work. He 
concurred with Mr. Hunting’s remarks on the legal bearing of the dis¬ 
ease, as to the liability of the seller. Mr. Shaw’s allusion, at the pre¬ 
vious meeting, to the incautious usage of brushes and combs, was a good 
one. He considered Mr. Samson’s method of using a bull’s-eye lamp to 
examine nostrils good, and thought, if used in conjunction with the 
glass he (Mr. Broad) had exhibited, it would be an excellent aid, and 
preferable to daylight. He differed from Mr. Hunting as to the length 
of period of incubation, that gentleman fixed it to three months; he 
thought it might be an almost indefinite period ; the disease might mani¬ 
fest itself after three years’ incubation. 
The usual votes of thanks were then accorded, and the proceedings 
terminated. 
Present, nine Fellows and three visitors. 
James Rowe, Hon. Sec. 
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CIATION. 
The sixty-third quarterly meeting of this Association was held at the 
Medical Institute, Hope Street, on Friday evening August the 20th, 
the President, Charles W. Elam, Esq., occupying the chair. 
There were present—Prof. Williams, Edinburgh; Messrs. R. S. 
Reynolds, G. Morgan, A. Bain, W. T. Moore, E. Kitchin, Jackson, 
Bell, Michaelis, Liverpool; Messrs. Lloyd and Edwards, Chester; W. 
Woods, Wigan; Ferguson, Warrington; R. Ellis, Ormskirk; Dacre, 
Altrincham; T. Stone, Walden; Messrs. T. Hopkin, W. A. Taylor, E. 
Faulkner, T. Greaves and S. Lock, Manchester ; Mr. Lyman, Boston, 
U.S.A.; and the Secretary. 
Letters, &c., regretting their inability to attend were received from 
the following gentlemen:—Jos. Welsby, Liverpool; Whittle, Worsley; 
Peter Taylor, Manchester; Messrs. Jas. Moore and George Fleming 
