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Professor Fordie, Glasgow Veterinary College ; Messrs. Anderson, 
senior, Anderson, junior, Cockburn, junior, Robb, and Findlay, of 
Glasgow ; Robinson, Greenock ; Donaldson, Paisley ; Kerr, Beith ; 
Sharpe, Hamilton ; Blackie, Bellshill ; Borthwick, Kirkliston ; 
Cunningham, Slateford ; John Macdougal, Colgraine ; J. Spreull, 
Milngavie ; Aitken, Edinburgh ; A. Pottie, Renfrew ; and the 
Secretary. 
The ex-President, Alexander Pottie , stated that his term of 
office as President for the year 1870 had now expired, and it afforded 
him very great pleasure to bring forward for election, as his suc- 
cessor, Professor Williams, who had taken a marked interest 
in this association since coming amongst them, had attended nearly 
every meeting, and contributed on several occasions to their advance- 
ment by reading papers and freely entering into the various discus- 
sions which arose. He would vacate the chair in favour of their new 
President, thanking the members, individually and collectively, for 
the attention and kindness they had so liberally bestowed upon him 
during the time he had performed the duties of president. 
Mr . Alexander Robinson seconded the proposal to elect Professor 
Williams President for the year 1871, which was carried unani- 
mously. 
Professor Williams , on taking the chair, said that he assumed the 
position of President of the association for the incoming year with 
a vast deal of pleasure. He looked upon this election as a very 
great honour. To be President of the oldest and the second largest 
association of the country was an office which he was delighted to 
accept, and he trusted to be able to conduct the society’s proceed- 
ings with the same eclat and benefit which had characterised his 
predecessor. 
Messrs. J. Sharpe, John Macdonald, and John Donaldson, jun., 
were next elected Vice-Presidents, and Mr. D. Maclean Secretary 
and Treasurer. 
After the minutes of a former meeting had been read and con- 
firmed. 
The Secretary laid on the table a letter he received from Mr. 
John Bryce, of Stirling, wherein he detailed a case of fracture of the 
spine, the result of an accident to a mare while struggling on the 
ground, during an operation for the excision of “ anberries .” The 
owner of the mare having threatened to institute legal proceedings, 
Mr. Bryce called upon the association to advise and aid him pro- 
fessionally in his defence. 
The case was freely discussed and duly considered, and the Secre- 
tary was instructed to inform Mr. Bryce that the association would 
be very glad to aid him as far as they possibly could. 
Messrs. Pottie , Macdougall, and Donaldson, jun. , related several 
cases of rheumatism which they had lately met with among cattle in 
their respective districts. The disease had appeared in an acute and 
epidemic form, affecting principally the sheaths of the flexor ten- 
dons, and generally terminating favorably after a few days’ treatment. 
Mr. J ames Anderson next gave a description of a case of a collec- 
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