576 LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
After the completion of some preliminary business, the Pre¬ 
sident called upon Mr. Lowe, of Bolton, to address the meeting 
on the subject of “ Parturition, particularly in the Cow and Mare/ 5 
Mr. Lowe , in directing attention to the subject, enumerated 
the different presentations seen in cases of parturition, and ex¬ 
plained the modes of manipulation he usually employed. Prom 
the practical manner in which Mr. Lowe described the various 
presentations, operations, &c., it was evident he had studied the 
subject to a very great extent. 
The most interesting portion of the address w r as that in which 
he alluded to placing the animal upon its back, and raising the 
hind quarters a yard from the floor in cases of breech presenta¬ 
tion. This he accomplished by fastening a rope round each hind 
leg above J,he hock, and then hoisting, by means of a pulley, the 
cow or mare, as the case might be, off the ground. In presenta¬ 
tions where the calf was found on its back, with the head 
towards the udder, Mr. Lowe also advocated a similar mode of 
procedure. 
The President, Messrs. W. A. Cartwright, Naylor, Howell, 
Whittle, J. B. Taylor, Woods, T. Greaves, Hopkin, Dorber, and 
the Secretary, took part in a very animated discussion, at the 
close of which Mr. Cartwright proposed, and Mr. Dorber 
seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Lowe for his very interesting 
address. This was unanimously awarded him. 
After the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman, the members 
separated. 
QUARTERLY MEETING, JUNE. 
At the quarterly meeting, held June 27th, there were present, 
Messrs. Whittle, Woods, Lowe, A. Lawson (Manchester), W. A. 
Cartwright, Mather, J. Lomas, Thomas Greaves, Woolner, W. J. 
Challinor, A. Challinor, Hopkins, A. Lawson (Bolton), Paulkner, 
and the Secretary. 
The President, being absent during the earlier period of the 
meeting, Mr. Whittle, ex-President, was voted to the chair. 
There being no essay for discussion, Mr. W. A. Cartwright 
introduced the subject of “ Parturient Apoplexy in the Cow/ 5 by 
relating a case the particulars of which were as follows: 
During the night of the 15th ult. a cow, six years old, the 
property of Mr. Hamer, of Whitchurch, calved in the field 
without assistance. When found on the following morning she 
was taken home for better attendance. Everything went on 
well until about nine o’ clock on the morning of the 17th, when 
he w r as called in to see her. He found her, with the calf, in a 
small pasture; she appeared anxious about the calf, but she 
shuffled about with her hind legs, and w r as w r eak and tottering. 
