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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
of Philadelphia, was elecled an honorary member. Mr. O’Neil, of London, 
read an interesting paper on soundness, and a lengthened and animated discus¬ 
sion took place, in which Messrs. Lloyd, Hawkins, Elliott, Wilson, Wende,[Shaw 
and others took part, on the various condition of soundness and unsoundness. 
Mr. John Wende read an interesting paper on prolapsus uteri in the bitch, 
the retention of the uterus being ineffectual. He resorted to laparotomy and 
fully described the operation for its retention. It was moved and seconded that 
the thanks of the Association be presented to the readers of papers. Dr. Duncan 
mentioned instances of nodules on the mesentery produced by parasitic worms. 
Dr. Hopkins described some instances of furnuculus or gangrene in Detroit, and 
cases of the same were mentioned as having occurred in Toronto, Buffalo and 
some other cities. Mr. Gibb mentioned that the disease occurred in Boston in 
1857, and had been there treated with pyroligneous acid. Several took part in 
the discussion of this disease. 
Mr. Gibb vacated the chair and Mr. Cowan presided. The election of offi¬ 
cers then took place with the following result: 
Mr. W. Gibb, St. Mary’s, Ont., President; Mr. D. McArthur, Ailsa Craig, 
Ont., First Vice-President; Mr. J. Wende, Buffalo, N. Y., U. S., Second Vice- 
President; Mr. C. H. Sweetapple, Toronto, Ont., Secretary; Mr. W. Cowan, 
Galt, Ont., Treasurer ; Messrs. O’Neil and Elliott, Auditors; Messrs. Burns, 
Hand, W. H. Wilson Steele, Gallanough, Hopkins, Ormsby and Lynch, 
Directors; Messrs. J. H. Wilson and O’Neil, Delegates to Western Fair Associa¬ 
tion ; Mr. W. Cowan, Delegate to Central Permanent Farmers’ Institute. 
Prof. Smith was elected honorary President. 
Mr. Cowan vacated the chair and the President-elect, Mr. Gibb, took his seat. 
He thanked the gentlemen present for this honorable position in which they had 
placed him, and promised to do all that lay in his power to forward the best in¬ 
terests of the Association and also for the profession at large and said that he 
thought it the duty of every qualified practitioner within reach to support the 
Association by his presence at its meetings. 
Messrs. McArthur, Wende and Hawkins also gave short address. Mr. 
Hawkins spoke in disapproval of qualified practitioners associating themselves 
in business with empirics. He also mentioned that many prominent positions in 
the United States were held by graduates of the Ontario Veterinary College, and 
was greatly in favor of the summer practice required of all students attending the 
College. 
The sum of $25.00 was voted to be appropriated for a medal to be competed 
for by the students of the Ontario Veterinary College at the approaching spring 
examinations. 
Mr. Shaw described a case of amputation of a portion of the anterior part of 
the inferior maxillary bone of a horse and also by request described the operation 
for roaring. 
Dr. Duncan remarked that Prof. Axe disapproved of the operation in conse¬ 
quence of the severity of the cough that supervened. Prof. Smith said that the 
general opinion amongst veterinary surgeons in Great Britaiu was not in favor 
of the operation, but that it might be beneficial in some cases for slow work. 
At the close of this discussion the meeting adjourned. 
