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time of coition the mare was very ugly, and had to be severely 
twitched : citing another case where a mare, during intercourse 
with the male, had been twitched very strongly upon the ear, and 
her colt to this day carries a drooping ear. 
Believing that such circumstances were given too little atten¬ 
tion by veterinarians, he was opposed to some members, who con¬ 
tended that such things could hardly take place before concep¬ 
tion had occurred. 
Proceeding further, he pointed his hearers to the well known 
facts of the human family being ofttimes marked with birth¬ 
marks, from strong impressions being made upon the mother 
during pregnancy: alluding to fire marks, well defined mouse 
marks, a mortar and pestle in one case, where the father was a 
druggist, and believed that similar impressions might follow 
from unnatural usages and surroundings during the act of copu¬ 
lation. 
On motion the meeting adjourned. 
W. Horace Hoskins, Secretary. 
THE CONNECTICUT VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
Subject to an invitation tendered by Dr. W. J. Sullivan to the 
veterinary surgeons of the State of Connecticut, a meeting was 
held at Jacob Diebel’s restaurant, New Haven, on Wednesday 
afternoon, 13th inst., at which the following gentlemen were 
present: Messrs. W. J. Sullivan, H. J. McHugh, Nathan Tib- 
bals, G. W. Whistler, New Haven; Andrew Murray, Stamford ; 
W. K. Lewis, Meriden ; E. A. McClellan, Bridgeport; Geo. H. 
Parkinson, Middletown, and Thos. Bland, Watorbury. 
Dr. Sullivan read a letter which he had received from Dr. 
Liautard, suggesting the formation of a veterinary society in 
Connecticut, and said that his object in calling this meeting was 
to consolidate the veterinary surgeons of the State of Connecti¬ 
cut under the title of the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Society. 
The meeting was unanimous as to the desirability of such an as¬ 
sociation, and it was 
Resolved , That this meeting form itself into a veterinary so- 
