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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
one that had a hock that didn’t suit us, but had not been put to 
the test, and had, therefore, remained sound; and our observation, 
limited though it be, has led us to the conclusion that it is the 
conformation that is to be looked for, as much, if not more, than 
the bony enlargement. * 
Are horses with round, short, weak, fleshy, though tech¬ 
nically sound hocks, that can scarcely carry the carcass of a 
lumbering fat horse, to be passed sound, whilst those with long, 
bony, ragged, and it may be, uneven hocks, that are flexed and 
extended with freedom and power, and which you know from 
experience will stand the most severe tests of physical exertion, 
to be rejected ? 
We also express a wish that the committee of next year will 
have better help from the members individually than the commit¬ 
tee about to retire has had. We ought all to remember that ac¬ 
cording to the rules of our Association it was constituted for the 
purpose of advancing veterinary science in general. 
The advancement of the science necessitates that the indi¬ 
viduals who practice the science should be themselves advanc¬ 
ing. There is no time for retrogression, and the Society must 
not stand still in regard to notes on heredity. 
DISCUSSION. 
Dr. Shipley thought many of the members did not clearly 
understand just what was required to properly fill out the blank 
notes on heredity, else more reports would have been received. 
He reported the development of laminitis in three successive gen¬ 
erations as follows: 
A mare contracted laminitis as the result of a hard drive; 
the disease became chronic. The mare was bred and dropped a 
mare foal. This animal developed chronic laminitis when five 
years old, without apparent cause. An eighteen-months-old 
colt from the latter mare has developed chronic laminitis without 
apparent cause. 
Dr. Edwards said he had seen similar cases. 
Dr. Brown had seen many cases of ophthalmia, apparently 
specific, which he thought were sequels of influenza. 
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