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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
according to the correct English definition of the word. Such a 
horse is dangerous and can be rejected according to the law, al¬ 
though yon may claim the horse is sound. According to law 
vice invalidates the sale. 
Dr. Walker .—English law is : “ Sound, free from vice and 
a worker.” 
Dr. Campbell .—Will we accept or reject horses having the 
disease mentioned if they occur ? 
. Dr. Caspar .—I slightly differ with Dr. Worms in regard to 
the slight discharge from the nose in horses, as there are a good 
many horses coming from the country with a slight discharge 
from the nose which are perfectly sound, and I would not reject 
them. Dr. Worms says anything which is not normal he 
would consider unsound. I do not consider it is fair to reject 
a horse with a temperature of 1.5° that has a slight discharge 
from the nostril. [ see horses every day with a temperature of 
102° F. with a slight discharge from the nose and which are in 
every way sound, and I think it would be a great injustice to 
the seller to reject them. 
Dr. Campbell .—I would like to ask Dr. Caspar if he found 
a horse with a temperature of two degrees would he pass him? 
Dr. Caspar .—We do not take the temperature of animals 
out there. I still think it an injustice to reject a horse when he 
is perfectly sound and satisfactory in every respect and satisfac¬ 
tory to the buyer if he has a slight discharge from the nostril 
and a temperature of 102° F., and I would not reject him. My 
original argument was loi or anything above normal and I 
went to 101.5° or even 102''. 
Dr. Worms. —Dr. Caspar is discussing acute catarrh, where 
you get a temperature of 102°, mucous membrane of the eye in¬ 
jected ; then comes the question whether it is acclimation fever 
or catarrh. In acute catarrh you do not get a purulent dis¬ 
charge. In chronic catarrh yon get a purulent, thick mucilag¬ 
inous discharge, and it is an unsoundness, and I would not pass 
a horse with that discharge from the nose. A slight running 
at the nose like yon find in ephemeral fever and acute catarrh I 
do not consider an nnsoundness. 
Dr. Quitman .—The practical and technical division which 
Dr. Hawley made is a good one. For instance, I examined a 
high-priced horse some two or three months ago. He was ex¬ 
traordinarily sound, with the exception that he had a discharge 
from the nostrils and a temperature of 104°. The owner did not 
even go to the Yards, but left the matter of the examination for 
