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Mr. Thomson bad tried these shoes on several horses affected with 
a subacute form of the disease, and from his limited experience he 
was led to anticipate that considerable amendment would result 
from their application, conjoined with the other measures 
suggested by Mr. Broad. 
Mr. Biack had seen shoes with higher toes than heels put upon 
a horse with pumiced feet, but instead of his walk being improved 
he went worse. He had not as yet tried Mr. Broad’s shoes to a 
horse suffering from laminitis, but thought their application would 
be rather difficult in an acute case, as he had often found it even 
difficult to remove the old shoes, and to put on new ones in chronic 
esses, and with the feet so tender, would be even a more serious 
matter. 
Mr. Masson viewed the system favorably, and intended giving it 
a trial on the first opportunity. 
The President was inclined to support Mr. Broad’s mode of 
treating the disease they had been discussing. He had frequently 
seen horses that had been ill of the complaint recover rapidly when 
they were able to be removed into a grass field where they were 
compelled to move about in search of food. A good many years 
ago a pony of his own had a very acute attack of the disease, from 
which he did not expect it to recover ; but as he felt unwilling to 
summarily dispose of so faithful a servant, he had it put into a grass 
field without shoes, and after several months it perfectly recovered, 
and at the present time w as doing daily duty without any trace of ever 
having been affected by the disease. 
At the close of the discussion the Secretary was instructed to 
convey the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Broad, for the opportunity 
he had afforded them of discussing his essay, and also for his kind- 
ness in forwarding the set of specimen shoes to the association. 
Most of the members expressed their willingness to give the 
system a trial, and report upon it at a future meeting. 
Mr. Barron , Cullerlie, submitted a very interesting communication 
on an “Abscess on the Brain of an Ox,” for which he received the 
hearty thanks of the meeting. 
Mr. Duncan, Methlie, undertook to read an essay at the associa- 
tion’s midsummer meeting, after which the members adjourned 
to Mrs. Reid’s restaurant for dinner, where they spent a very 
agreeable hour in social conversation. 
James Thomson, Secretary pro tem. 
WEST OF SCOTLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
This association held its quarterly meeting at the “ Athole Arms 
Hotel,” Dundas Street, Glasgow, at three o’clook on Wednesday, 
the 22nd of December, 1870. 
Present — Professor Williams, Edinburgh Veterinary College; 
