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Mr. Perrins proposed, and Mr. King seconded, that the meeting 
be held at Birmingham in the month of July next. — Carried. 
Mr. Cooper, M.R.C.V.S., of Lichfield, proposed by Mr. King and 
seconded by Mr. Proctor , was elected a member of the Association. 
Mr. Perrins then read a short paper on the subject of acorn 
poisoning in cattle. An animated discussion ensued, in which all 
present joined. 
A vote of thanks was given to Mr. Perrins for the able manner 
in which he introduced the subject. 
A vote of thanks was given to the President for the kindly man- 
ner in which he had fulfilled the duties of his office during the 
year. 
Mr. Perrins and Mr. Pyatt having responded, the proceedings 
terminated. 
THE LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The last quarterly meeting was held at the u Spread Eagle” 
Hotel, Manchester, March 15th, the President, W. Whittle, Esq., in 
the chair. 
The following gentlemen were also present : — Messrs. Thomas 
Greaves, Peter Taylor, Thos. Taylor, W. Haycock, Thos. Walley, T. 
Hopkins, Anderson, Faulkner, Watson (Manchester) ; W. A. Cart- 
wright (Whitchurch) ; A. Lawson (Bolton) ; Woods (Wigan) ; 
Morgan, Elam (Liverpool) ; M. E. Naylor (Wakefield) ; J. Taylor 
(Oldham) ; Brookes (Pickington) ; J. Lomas (Stockport) ; S. Lomas 
(Disley) ; J. Bostock (Altrincham) ; Woolner (Heywood) ; Parkes, 
and the Secretary. 
Letters were received from Messrs. John Lawson, John Greaves, 
W. J. Challinor, A. Challinor, Phillips, Carter, Reynolds, and 
Fearnley, notifying their inability to attend. 
After the minutes of the previous meeting had been read and 
confirmed, Mr. J. Lomas (Stockport) was elected a member, and 
Mr. Woolner was nominated for membership by Mr. Peter Taylor. 
After the consideration of some other matters, entirely of a busi- 
ness nature, Mr. Thomas Walley was called upon to read his essay 
on the “ Action of Medicines.” 
From the great magnitude of the subject the essay was necessarily 
a very lengthy one, but its excellence far surpassed its length ; in- 
deed it was the production of an author of no mean order, and the 
highly scientific and interesting knowledge displayed throughout 
the whole of the paper bespoke the great intellectual attainments 
possessed by its composer. 
Erom the numerous different subjects commented upon in the 
essay, and opposite views of the speakers, the discussion which 
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