614 SCOTTISH METROPOLITAN VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for the kind grant of the use 
of their board-room for the meeting, to the Chairman, and the Hon. 
Sec. G. Armatage, 
Sec. pro tem. 
THE LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The usual Quarterly Meeting of this Society was held on Wed- 
nesday evening, the 8th of June, at the Trevelyan Hotel, Man- 
chester. 
Present — The President, G. Morgan, Esq., in the chair ; Mr. W. 
Whittle, Mr. P. Taylor, Mr. A. Lawson, Mr. Jas. Brookes, Mr. 
Wilson, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Dobie, Mr. T. Greaves, Mr. W. A. 
Taylor, Mr. J. A. Taylor, Mr. Field, and the Secretary. 
The business commenced by the reading and confirmation of the 
minutes of the preceding meeting. 
Mr. Peter Taylor then nominated his son, Mr. William Augustus 
Taylor, for membership. 
Mr. Jas. Brookes also nominated Mr. Mather, of Harphurey. 
The Secretary nominated Mr. Jas. Lowe, of Bolton, and Mr. Taylor, 
of Ashton. 
Mr. Wilson, of Liverpool, then proceeded to read his essay “On 
the use of the actual Cautery in Veterinary Practice,” which was 
listened to with earnest attention, and provoked * a very animated 
discussion. 
The following members took a very active part in the discussion : 
Messrs. Morgan, Greaves, Cartwright, P. Taylor, W. A. Taylor, 
Lawson, Brookes, Field, and Whittle. 
The discussion having closed, a vote of thanks was proposed to 
the essayist by Mr. T. Greaves, seconded by Mr. W. Whittle, after 
which the meeting broke up. 
W. J. Challinor, Ron. Sec. 
THE SCOTTISH METROPOLITAN VETERINARY 
MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
A meeting of the members of the above Society was held in 
Cumming’s Hotel, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, June 
22nd, at 2 o’clock p.m. Mr. Robertson, V.S., Kelso, President 
of the Society, in the Chair. 
The following members were also present, viz. : Professor 
Williams, Veterinary College, Edinburgh ; Messrs. C. Baird, V.S., 
Edinburgh ; C. Cunningham, V.S., Slateford ; J. Borthwick, V.S., 
Kirkliston; J. Aitken, V.S., Dalkeith; W. Cunningham. V.S., 
* This essay was published in our last number, see p. 530 et seq. 
