The cattle plague and diseased meat, in their relations with the public health, and with the interests of agriculture : a letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir George Grey ... / by Joseph Sampson Gamgee.

  • Sampson Gamgee
Date:
1857
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Credit: The cattle plague and diseased meat, in their relations with the public health, and with the interests of agriculture : a letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir George Grey ... / by Joseph Sampson Gamgee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    16 tive of so lai'ge a measure of public good, thaf tl transcribe them in full.* ■ ■'>•<] Regulation xvii. There shall be chosen, on the day of election in each year, two CoramitteeSj viz., a Medical Experimental Committee, and a Committee of Transaction. Regulation xviii. The Committee of Transaction shall be charged Avith the selection, compilation, and arrangement of the matter for the annual volume of Transactions, and the preparation of a prefatory discourse. Regulation xix. The Medical Experimental Com- mittee shall meet occasionally for the purpose of suggesting and trying experiments, with a view to throw additional light on the animal (jcconomy, and to discover the effects of medi- cines upon different animals, to be procured for that particular purpose; and this Committee shall from time to time make reports of their proceedings to the Council. So far as I am aware these two Committees are not in existence, or if they be, they produce no re- sults. It is moreover provided in Regulation xxvii. that a volume of the Transactions of the College and School shall be published annually, and de- * Veterinary College, London, established April 8, 1791, for the Reformation and Improvement of Farriery and the Treat- ment of Cattle in General. London, 1791 : pp. 16. This very scarce pamphlet of Regulations may be seen in the Library of the British Musenm.