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THE LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION* 
The twenty-fifth meeting of the society was held at the Trevelyan 
Hotel on Thursday, December 10th, 1868, Mr. J, Howell, Rochdale 
(in the absence of the President), in the chair. 
The minutes of last meeting having been read and approved, a 
resolution was moved by Mr. T. Greaves, seconded by Mr. Lawson, 
and carried unanimously, that a letter of condolence be sent to 
Mrs. Brown, on the death of her husband, Mr. G. Brown. It was 
proposed, seconded, and carried unanimously, that the resignation 
of Mr. C. Simpson be accepted, and that the names of Mr. Breckell, 
of Garstang, Mr. J. Folding, of Bury, and Mr. G. Sermon, be erased 
from the list of members. 
Mr. Cox, V.S., Knutsford, was proposed and seconded by Messrs. 
T. Greaves and J. Greaves. 
Mr. Haycock gave notice that he should at the next quarterly 
meeting bring before the Association certain charges connected with 
a case reported in the Veterinarian of the present month, reflecting 
on his professional character. 
Mr. J. Greaves then read his Essay on Laminitis and 
Canker 
Mr. President and Gentlemen. —I must ask you to make 
every allowance for me to-night; if I do not come up to your 
expectations, it must not be attributed to an absence of a desire 
on my part to make the subject worthy of your consideration, 
but to the fact that I was only called upon at the eleventh hour, 
and at a time when I was unusually busy. In fact, I felt it was an 
injustice to me, an injustice to you, and an injustice to the subject 
to attempt it under the circumstances; but, at the same time, as it 
appeared to me, there was only one of two alternatives, either to 
run the risk of producing this hurried and imperfect sketch, or else 
to desert your president in his emergency; this latter contingency 
could not for a moment be entertained, hence this attempt. 
I have chosen to bring before your notice to-night two distinct 
subjects, each of which is of the greatest importance to the vete¬ 
rinary surgeon. I have always taken a deep interest in both the 
diseases alluded to, and for over thirty-five years I have had (almost 
continually) one or other of them under treatment; and after 
watching cases with the greatest care and attention from their com¬ 
mencement to their termination, and noting down the effects of 
various kinds of treatment, I have on different occasions published 
the results of my observations in the Veterinarian ; perhaps some of 
you may have done me the honour to peruse those papers. 
* This report of Proceedings of the Lancashire Veterinary Medical Association, 
with Mr. Greaves’ Essay only came to hand in time for our present number in 
consequence of the first copy having been lost during transit. 
