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pleuro-pneumonia and the difficulty in dealing with it will become 
as nothing; and that our profession in practising it will, while 
benefiting themselves, largely contribute to the prosperity of 
their clients individually, and to the wealth and general good of 
the country. 
After some remarks from Mr. Robertson, Mr. Cunningham, 
and Professor Walley, the meeting was brought to a close, and 
the members afterwards dined together. 
February 5th, 1879. J. McFadyean, Secretary. 
THE NATIONAL VETERINARY BENEVOLENT 
AND MUTUAL DEFENCE SOCIETY. 
The eighth general meeting was held on Friday, the 14th 
February, in the Medical Institute, Liverpool, the President, Mr. 
P. Tavlor, in the chair. 
There were also present—Messrs. Thos. Greaves, Tlios. 
Taylor, W. A. Taylor, T. Hopkin, E. Faulkner, and S. Lock, 
Manchester; R. S. Reynolds, J. Leather, C. W. Ellam, D. 
Hutcheon, R. Stevenson, and W. A. Wilson, Liverpool; Jos. 
Welsby, West Derby; J. Freeman and D. Sowerby, Hull; Jos. 
Carter, Bradford; Wm. Schofield, Pontefract; Jas. Storrar, 
Chester; Wm. Dacre, Altrincham; D. Rothwell, Woolton; 
Wm. Woods, Wigan; W. Whittle, Worsley; and the Secretary. 
Letters of apology were received from several members unable to 
attend. 
The minutes of the last general meeting having been read and 
confirmed, as well as the minutes of the several meetings of 
council that had been held in the interval, containing a resume 
of the cases with which the Society had to deal, the President 
delivered the following address :— 
Gentlemen, —This meeting has been called to ask you to 
review our past work, our present position, and to alter or 
arrange our rules for our future guidance and direction, and 
the election of office-bearers to fill vacant places. I meet you 
to-day with mixed feelings of pleasure and sorrow. We have to 
lament a great loss by the death of our honorable colleague and 
vice-president, the late Gilbert Heyes, of Liverpool. He was an 
active member of our Society since its formation, and for the last 
ten years fulfilled the duties of vice-president. All of us have 
lost a kind-hearted, honorable, and active friend; one who was 
ever ready to assist the poor and needy of our profession, and 
give a helping hand to a professional brother when in distress 
and difficulty. I hope some kind member of our body will make 
a motion that our Secretary be instructed to write a letter of 
sympathy and condolence to his sorrowing widow, in the irre- 
