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cases which had recovered in their hands. Mr. Alloway advoca¬ 
ted hydrocyanic acid as the sedative and anti-spasmodic. The 
President, Dr. Bell, said that, as a medical practitioner, lie was 
astonished to hear the large percentage of recoveries which had 
been stated. In his experience in human practice, in the General 
Hospital, he had seen only two cases of recovery, both of which 
were chronic tetanus. He considered that, theoretically, opium 
was the best anti-spasmodic and sedative which could be used, as 
it did not, as many others, depress the heart’s action. He had 
never given it a fair trial. There was a great deal, he thought 
with the essayist, to be learned yet concerning the pathology and 
etiology of the disease. 
A vote of thanks was passed to the readers of the papers, 
after which some pathological specimens were exhibited by Mr. 
A. W. Clement, and the meeting adjourned till December 8th, 
when Mr. Paul Paquin will communicate a case and Mr. Fred. 
Torrance will read a paper .—The Gazette , (Montreal.) 
THE UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION PRIZES. 
In accordance with the resolution adopted by this Association 
on the 21st of September, 1875, two prizes, one of fifty dollars 
(850), and one of twenty-five dollars ($25), are offered for the 
best and second-best paper which shall be presented to the Asso¬ 
ciation on subjects pertaining to veterinary medicine. By 
virtue of a subsequent resolution it is required that all competing 
papers shall be presented to the Secretary on or before the 15th 
day of July, when they will be forwarded to the Prize Commit¬ 
tee for action and report. The Committee will report at the 
September meeting of the Association, where the successful 
papers will be read. The author of a paper will not declare his 
identitv to the Committee, but will forward his article unsigned 
(unless with pseudonym) accompanied by a sealed envelope con¬ 
taining his name and address, subscribed with the title of his 
paper. 
