234 LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
and nothing else, could possibly have done it. I sincerely hope to 
see not only our society, but all go on and prosper and work well 
to 2 :etlier ; and I am sure we shall eventually gain all that we desire. 
From these associations have sprung, perhaps, the noblest institu¬ 
tion or society which our profession ever established. I allude to 
the Benevolent Fund, which I am sure you will be delighted to hear 
is progressing most admirably, and is in a fair way of becoming a 
lasting monument to the credit of the present generation; and I 
only hope to see the fund increase year after year, until some day 
we shall be called upon to witness the laying of a foundation-stone 
of some building for the relief of distress of the families of our 
poorer and less fortunate professional brethren, and to which we can 
point with pride and satisfaction, and feel that our efforts have 
indeed been crowned with success. 
With respect to the Defence Fund, that, I am glad to say, has 
already done some service, and am also pleased to relate it is in a 
flourishing condition, and vdll before very long, I believe, hand over 
a handsome sum to the Benevolent Fund ; so that those who thought 
the Defence Fund was a selfish measure, &c., will see that they have 
been much mistaken, and that the object of that society was not to 
plot and carry out anything either against the profession or public 
at large, but merely to obtain justice in cases which were brought 
into the various courts of law, and then in such cases only as were 
considered really and truly deserving the support of the said society. 
I think everyone must acknowledge it is a praiseworthy office to 
prevent any man being imposed upon ; and I feel sure that after 
those gentlemen who were against this society have seen its work¬ 
ing will admit it has done its duty well, and carried out so far, to the 
very letter, the office for which it was formed. And I sincerely 
hope to see both it and all our associations increase, not only in 
prosperity, but also in the good services rendered year by year, so 
that when we are called away we may leave something behind which 
will show we have not altogether lived for ourselves alone. In con¬ 
clusion, I beg to thank you most sincerely for your kind attention, 
and hope that all our best wishes for the honour and welfare of our 
profession may be realised. 
A vote of thanks was proposed to the President by J. Greaves, 
Esq., seconded by M. Naylor, Esq., President of the Yorkshire 
Association. 
After dinner, Mr. W. J. Challinor related three cases. The first 
one was of a bay mare, which was injured in the shoulder by a piece 
of timber eighteen inches long, which penetrated into the right lung. 
The second referred to the discovery of a hair-pin in the right 
ventricle of the heart. 
The third was a case of disease of the heart in a bay horse 
five years old, associated with plugging of the posterior aorta. 
Messrs. Greaves, Haycock, Taylor, and Lawson took part in the 
discussion. 
