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THE LIVERPOOL VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The twenty-first quarterly meeting of the Liverpool Veterinary 
Medical Association was held at the Medical Institution, Hope Street, 
on the evening of August 14th. 
Thomas Greaves, Esq. (President), of Manchester, in the chair. 
Present: Messrs. Morgan, Wilson, Heyes, Ackroyd, Harwood 
(Liverpool); Greaves, Jun., and Anderson (Manchester); Whittle 
(Worsley) ; Lawson (Woolton) ; Storrar (Chester) ; Dobie (Bir¬ 
kenhead) ; Barnes (Tarporley); and the Secretary. 
Letters were acknowledged from Messrs. Cartwright (Whitchurch), 
Naylor (Wakefield), W. Carless (Stafford) ; also a telegram from 
Mr. Tom Taylor, of Manchester. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The President announced that the subject for discussion— 
“Ophthalmia”—would be introduced by Mr. W. C. Lawson, who 
would read an essay thereon. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen. —I have this evening, before com¬ 
mencing my few notes on ophthalmia, a pleasant duty to perform, and 
that is, to congratulate our worthy and deserving President on the 
honour recently conferred upon him in being unanimously elected Pre¬ 
sident of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. In these congratu¬ 
lations I am sure I am joined not only by the members of this association, 
but by the whole body of the profession. It is a position he has acquired 
by his industry, devotion, honesty, and singleness of purpose towards the 
advancement of our position in society, as well as the furtherance of 
veterinary science. 
In these remarks I couple also the name of our respected friend, Mr. 
Morgan, on his acquisition to the Vice-Presidency, than whom there is 
no harder worker. Would that all were actuated and governed by ihe 
same motives, and we should attain very shortly the position we 
covet. 
And lastly, Mr. President, we have to congratulate ourselves in having 
two such distinguished and hard working members to preside over our 
discussions, and if our Liverpool Veterinary Medical Society languishes 
by being so thinly attended, I can only say I am extremely sorry, but 
utterly unable to account for it, but hope that the example shown by 
yourself and Manchester friends may prove a lesson to them, and that 
the society under your presidency may grow strong in number and 
debate, add its quota towards the advancement of our science, and draw 
its members into one close bond of fellowship. 
Being short of efficient members—I mean regular attendants—it is 
only natural we should fall short of essayists; therefore, at the request of 
our President, I come before you witli very great diffidence, not to 
teach, but hoping to go away with more knowledge on the subject from 
the practical remarks I trust my humble efforts may call forth in the 
animated discussion I look forward to. I will therefore commence at 
once: 
