OF THE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. (>97 
exclude tlie candidate. In a meeting of ten, and under fifteen, three black 
balls shall be required for this purpose ; four from fifteen to twenty ; and at 
all times five black balls shall exclude the candidate. 
8. The Secretary shall inform the candidate of the result of the ballot in 
writing, and instruct him — if he has been elected — that at the first or second 
meeting of the Association subsequent to his election, he must pay his subscrip- 
tion, or such election will be void. 
9. The Member on paying his subscription shall enter his name in a book 
kept for that purpose. 
10. A candidate rejected, or one who neglects to make good his election 
by timely payment, is uot eligible to be again proposed until the following 
session. 
11. After the second meeting the Association shall be considered as fully 
formed ; and no Member afterwards elected shall be allowed to vote until 
his name has been entered on the books three months. 
12. The Association shall hold its meetings in the Theatre of the Royal 
Veterinary College during the pleasure of the Governors of that institution. 
13. The business of the meetings shall be thus conducted : — the chair 
shall be taken at Seven o’Clock ; the Secretary shall then call over the 
names of the Members, and mark the absentees ; read the minutes of the 
last meeting ; receive the recommendation of candidates ; and ballot for 
those proposed at the preceding meeting ; after which the paper containing 
the subject for the evening’s discussion shall be read. 
14. The evening on which a paper presented by a student is first read 
shall, unless otherwise thought desirable, be considered as the student’s 
evening: during it the anatomical and physiological sections of the essay 
shall be passed in review ; and the author of the essay shall be expected to 
maintain it against all opponents. The following Tuesday evening shall be 
common to the students and the practitioners ; in it reports of any interesting 
cases which may have occurred in their practice shall be received and com- 
mented on ; but the time thus occupied shall in no wise exceed half an hour. 
The paper shall then again be read, and a discussion on its pathological di- 
vision entered upon ; reverting, if necessary for illustration and elucidation, 
both to the anatomical and physiological parts of the essay. The discussion 
shall terminate at Nine o’Clock, when the Secretary shall again call over the 
names of the Members, marking the absentees, and collect the fines and 
subscriptions due. 
15. Should not the consideration of the paper be concluded at Nine 
o’Clock, it shall be resumed at the next meeting ; or should it be concluded 
before nine, the next subject in order shall be entered upon. 
16. A tablet shall be provided and suspended in the Theatre, containing 
notices of the subjects for discussion. These shall be entered according to 
the seniority of membership, and discussed in the order in which they stand. 
When only three subjects remain on the tablet undiscussed, the same shall 
be announced by the Secretary ; and, at the next meeting, should not the 
number be increased, three students, in the order of their admission, shall 
be called upon to name subjects of which they will undertake the defence, 
or be subjected to a fine of Five Shillings each. 
17. The essay shall be delivered to the Secretary at the meeting of the 
Association, antecedent to that on which it is to be discussed, and should 
the subject be a disease, it is recommended to the students to divide it 
into the following heads : — Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Terminations. 
In considering the causes, it is expected that the author will be acquainted 
with their various natures, whether predisposing or exciting. 
In commenting on the symptoms, he should be aware of their variation in 
