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pressure, and perfected by the accumulation of natural deposit. 
When the sole is thin, an artificial cushion should be provided, 
pressure is required by the sole, and when properly maintained, no 
fear need be felt as to the consequences. 
Mr. F. J. Mavor (President, pro. tern.) said it was remarkable 
how similar were the ideas of each speaker on the question. He 
thought the question of separation is due to the variety of effusion. 
In the acute stages, the formation of matter leads to the death of 
parts and loss of substance. When serum only is effused, the 
disease subsides into a sub-acute form — no suppuration is esta- 
blished, and the spaces are filled by debris and process of inflamma- 
tion. As to the injurious effects of pressure on the sole, he thought 
it impossible, by the shoe advocated by Mr. Fleming, to injure the 
pedal lone. A broader shoe might produce disease, but the narrow 
one would avoid it. He was inclined to support the views io favour 
of an artificial wall, as the results had been favourable in many 
instances in his experience, particularly where the sole was thin, 
and by the use of a seated shoe. 
Mr. Joseph Woodger , sen., exhibited a valuable specimen showing 
disease of the bones of the feet, bearing on the question before the 
meeting. 
A vote of thanks to the Essayist and Chairman respectively, 
terminated the interesting proceedings. 
YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
SOCIETY. 
The usual quarterly meeting was held at the Queen’s Hotel, 
Leeds, on Thursday, April 27th, at 12.30. The President, Mr. 
Nicholson, in the chair. 
The following members were also present, viz. Messrs. Naylor, 
Dray, Jas. Freeman, Anderton, Fallding, Patterson, Bale, Edmund- 
son, Walker, Cuthbert, Fearnley, Ferguson, and the Secretary. 
Apologies for non-attendance were received from Messrs. Greaves, 
Pratt, Jno. Schofield, W. G. Schofield, Josh, and Jno. Freeman, 
Faulkner, and P. Smith. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Mr. Cuthbert was unanimously elected a Life Governor of the 
Veterinary Benevolent Fund. 
Mr. Freeman nominated Mr. Alfred May, of Hull, as a member. 
In consequence of the absence of Mr. Taylor, the further discus- 
sion of his paper was unavoidably postponed. 
Mr. Bale then read a paper upon “Dropping after Calving,” * 
expressing at the outset his regret that so little seems to be known 
# Nothing can be more absurd than the adoption of the term “ Puerperal 
Fever,” which so many veterinary surgeons will persist in employing when 
speaking of this disease. Puerperal has its root in puer , a boy, and pario , 
to bring forth. Besides, no two diseases can differ more from each other 
than Dropping after Calving — Parturient Apoplexy — and Puerperal Fever. 
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