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THE LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Lancashire Veterinary Medical Association held the usual 
quarterly meeting at the Trevelyan Hotel, Manchester, on Wednes- 
day, the 21st September, at 5 p.m. 
Present, — The President, G. Morgan, Esq., Messrs. Greaves, W. 
Haycock, P. Taylor, and W. A. Taylor (Manchester), J. Brookes 
(Pilkington), W. Cartwright (Whitchurch), S. Buckley (Blackburn), 
C. Bostock (Altrincham), W. Whittle (Worsley), T. Walley (Man- 
chester), J. E. Mather (Harpurhey), A. Lawson and A. Challinor 
(Bolton), and the Secretary. 
The business commenced by the reading and confirmation of the 
minutes of the previous meeting. 
Mr. P. Taylor proposed his son, Mr. W. A. Taylor, who was 
seconded by Mr. Cartwright , as a fit and proper person for mem- 
bership. 
Mr. Mather of Harpurhey was proposed by Mr. J. Brookes , and 
seconded by the Secretary. 
Mr. James Lowe, of Bolton, was proposed by Mr. P. Taylor and 
seconded by Mr. Bostock. 
Mr. Taylor, of Ashton, was proposed by Mr. Peter Taylor , and 
seconded by Mr. Haycock. 
The above were all unanimously elected. 
The President then proceeded to read his essay on scirrhus 
tumours, citing a very remarkable case of scirrhus cord, which 
was operated on unsuccessfully. At the close, a really first-class 
discussion took place, most of the members present taking part. 
Gradually the discussion drifted into the various forms of castration 
and the results, each speaker advocating his own peculiar way of 
performing the operation. 
On the close of the debate, Mr. Haycock nominated Mr. Tedbar 
Hopkins for membership ; Mr. A. Lawson also nominated Mr. W. 
Dacre. The meeting then broke up, after both an agreeable and 
instructive reunion. 
W. J. Challinor, 
Honorary Secretary. 
