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EDINBURGH VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
Thomas Wilkinson . 
William Haselden 
William Beckett 
Charles Peebles 
Alexander Lawson 
John Ironside 
Andrew Balfour 
William Campbell 
John Cammack 
Robert McConnell 
George Tait 
George S. Heatley 
G. E. Bowman 
Thomas Reilly 
Samuel Leed 
John Proctor 
Andrew Kershaw 
Francis Balfour Byrne 
William Donaldson . 
Peter McConie 
Justus Littler 
George Philp 
Adam Walker 
James Hume 
George James Richards 
William Johnston 
Dipton. 
Bolton. 
Naburn. 
Perthshire. 
Manchester — Also in French 
Banffshire. 
Kirkcaldy. 
Dumfries. 
Boston — Also in Latin. 
Castle Douglas. 
Elgin. 
Dalkeith. 
Elvington. 
Ireland. 
Keighley. 
Bradford. 
Oldham. 
Bridgnorth. 
Fife. 
Auchmar. 
Long Clawson. 
Dunfermline. 
Luss. 
Edinburgh. 
Scarborough. 
Dumfries. 
EDINBURGH METROPOLITAN VETERINARY 
MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The quarterly meeting of the above Society was held on the 
30th November, in Mrs. Cummings’ Hotel, Lothian Road, Edin- 
burgh. There were present Professor Williams, Veterinary College, 
Edinburgh ; Messrs. W. Connachie, Selkirk ; William Cummings, 
Edinburgh ; C. Cunningham, Slateford ; J. Borthwick, Kirkliston ; 
— Balfour, Kirkcaldy ; and the Honorary Secretary. Messrs. McLean 
and Findlay were also present as representing the army. 
A letter of apology was read from Mr. Robertson, President, who 
in consequence of professional engagements was unable to attend. 
Professor Williams, in the absence of Mr. Robertson, was called to 
the chair. The secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting, 
which were approved. Mr. Cummings was then called upon to read 
the paper of which he had given notice, “On the. Germ Theory of 
Infection, and the use of Carbolic Acid as a Disinfectant.” The 
subject being a very interesting one, elicited an animated discussion, 
in which all present took part. 
The election of office bearers was afterwards proceeded with, when 
Mr. J. Borthwick, Kirkliston, was unanimously elected President, 
