WEST OF SCOTLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The first quarterly meeting of the association for the year 1872 
was held at the “ Athole Arms Hotel/' Dundas Street, Glasgow, 
on Wednesday the 24th January, at 2 o'clock. 
Present — Professor Williams; Messrs. Anderson, Sharp, 
Brownlie, Kerr, Prentice, Stewart, Blackie, and D. M'Lean. 
Professor Williams proposed Mr. D. M'Lean as President for 
the ensuing year. The proposition was seconded by Mr. An¬ 
derson, and carried unanimously. 
Messrs. Kerr and Pollock were elected Vice-Presidents, and 
Mr. Prentice, Treasurer ; Mr. James Anderson was re-elected 
Secretary. 
Messrs. Watson, of Douglas, Walker, of Down, and Neil, of 
Alexandria, were proposed and elected as Members of the Asso¬ 
ciation. 
Professor Williams then gave a most elaborate account of his 
views of the pathology of Navicularthritis. He was of opinion 
that this peculiar lameness was due to disease of the os navicular, 
and that the tendon was not primarily affected, as some practi¬ 
tioners maintain. The professor produced a number of specimens 
in support of this theory of the origin of the disease being based 
on practical observations. 
He also alluded to some specimens of porcelainous deposit in 
joints, and thought that the diagnostic symptom of the affection 
was a peculiar cracking of the joints on being moved. The 
affection appeared to hold some resemblance to rheumatic inflam¬ 
mation of joints. 
, Mr. Kerr described a case of fracture of the navicular bone 
in a hind foot caused by violent stamping in the stable. 
Mr. Anderson related cases of fracture of the pastern and 
navicular bones, of fragilities ossium, and of caries of the ribs, 
producing disease of the lungs, also disease of the shoulder- 
joint. He likewise drew attention to mesenteric abscesses as the 
result of strangles, and remarked that the patients invariably 
rested on their knees. 
Professor Williams described a case where a tumour enveloped 
the liver, weighing 286 lbs. To ordinary vision it resembled 
cancerous deposit; but on examination by microscope it was 
found to be nothing more than a mass of fat. The fat-cells 
were well developed. 
James Anderson, Hon . Sec . 
