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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Secretary directed to write personal letters to Dr. J. M. 
Parker, of East Rindge, N. H., and to Dr. W. A. Hitchcock, 
of Malden, applicants for membership, informing them of the 
conditions of membership in this Association. 
Moved by Dr. Winchester, and seconded by Dr. Hadcock, 
that the Secretary have a number of copies of the Constitu¬ 
tion printed, together with a number of circulars and forms, 
and mall them, at his discretion, to members of the veterinarv 
profession. Carried. 
A paper upon “Springhalt,” by Dr. Williamson Bryden, 
was then read, being a report upon his treatment of the old 
black gelding kept for experimental purposes for this Associ¬ 
ation by Andrew Ward, of the N. Ward Co’s wharf, Boston, 
and killed for autopsy July 27th, 1891, together with the es¬ 
sayist’s views upon this affection. 
A spirited discussion followed, in which the members and 
visitors took part. Most of those present did not agree with 
the essayist in ail of his views, especially the idea that in 
springhalt, spavin and the like, the first change is in the foot, 
and that the other troubles are consequent upon it, believing, 
on the contrary, that the alteration in the shape of the foot is 
the result of the disease above. Nearly all who had seen the 
horse before and after treatment by Dr. Bryden, admitted 
that there was an improvement in his condition at the end of 
the course. 
The Secretary read a note from Dr. H. H. Donaldson, of 
Clark University, in which he reported that he had nearly 
finished the microscopic examination of the horse’s spinal 
cord, from the lumbo-sacral region, without finding any pa¬ 
thological changes. If before finishing the examination any 
changes were found, it would be reported to the Association. 
Dr. Howard brought the bones of the near hock, the cu¬ 
boid scaphoid, large and small cuneiform, which were ancliy- 
losed together and to the metatarsal bone. There also ap¬ 
peared to be a little ulceration upon the trochlea of the astra¬ 
galus, but the bones had been soaked out in rather a strong 
pickle, rendering this uncertain. 
