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meeting determined to oppose it, and were rewarded by a severe 
defeat of the bill. 
Several important communications were received, of deep in¬ 
terest to the profession, which will be reported to the Review at 
an early date. 
Dr. Wm. L. Zuill then read an essay upon “Tetanus in the 
West Indies.” Owing to the lateness of the hour at its conclu¬ 
sion, no discussion followed, and the meeting adjourned. 
W. Horace Hoskins, Secretary. 
The writer would again call the attention of the alumni of 
the American Veterinary College to a desire upon the part of 
that Association to compile a directory, &c., of its members, 
who will please forward their names and any interesting data 
to 254 IS. 15th street, Philadelphia, Pa. 
W. Horace Hoskins, Secretary. 
CORRESPONDENCE, 
STRICTURE OF THE DUODENUM AND ULCER OF THE STOMACH. 
Editor Revievb : 
At midnight of the 17th inst. I was called to see a grey road- 
mare, 11 years old, said to be suffering with colic. The history 
of the case was a short and simple one: The mare had been in 
the best of health up to midnight, when she lay down as usual 
for the night’s rest. In a few seconds’ time she arose, appeared 
quite uneasy, and broke out with a profuse cold sweat. Twenty 
minutes later I saw Iter, with the following symptoms presenting 
themselves: The patient was quiet, the body cold, wet and 
clammy, with a perspiration which had been so profuse that it 
ran down the legs in streams. The breathing was regular, not 
accelerated, but almost entirely abdominal. The temperature 
stood at 99° F., and the mucous membrane was normal. The 
pulse could not be felt at the jaw, but the heart-beat was at 40 
and sounded weak. At intervals of several liiinutes the patient 
would become uneasy, turn round and round in the box, always 
to the right, and occasionally would carefully lie down, roll on 
