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TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 
It is needless to recall, except as a matter of historical interest, the desoling 
and forcible rapid expansion of Giordanus Ruffs, 1250 A. D.; Carlo Ruini, 1618; 
Soleysel and others. 
Fig. 19. Fig. 20. 
Severe contraction, especially when complicated by sidebones may, how¬ 
ever, be greatly benefited by guttering the walls of the quarters at an oblique 
angle to the fibres of the wall and then resorting to proper shoeing and protec¬ 
tion of the weakened wall (Fig. 20). 
Prof. A. Liautard, Dean of the American Veterinary College, 
then presented the following paper : 
VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
A COMPARISON OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN AND CONTINENTAL LAWS OF WARRANTY. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen —There are two things connected with the 
circumstances of the present occasion which I cannot fully account for. 
The first is that I should be selected by your worthy Secretary, Dr. Hoskins, 
to take so prominent a part in your proceedings, and the second is that I should 
presume so far as to consent to appear before this grand annual re-union of mem¬ 
bers of our noble profession—this great gathering of veterinarians from nearly 
every portion of the land—in the character of a conveyor of instruction or the 
originator of measures or policies of action. To meet with you, gentlemen of 
the West; you to whom I was wholly a stranger when with others I came to 
this great and wonderful city to unite our counsels for perfecting the establish¬ 
ment upon'permanent foundations of the United States Veterinary Medical Asso¬ 
ciation—was, I am afraid, a great presumption on my part. But the good of the 
profession was held prominently in view ; the welfare of our Association was at 
stake, and the prospect of solidifying a national feeling of brotherhood and a 
friendly professional union were all to be considered, and I felt that when thus 
requested to aid in your discussions my silence could hardly be justified. 
And do not these objects furnish a sufficient apology for my confidence in 
coming before you, and will they not also constitute a sufficient plea for the in¬ 
dulgence with which, I doubt not, you will accept my remarks, even if they 
