388 LIVERPOOL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
occurred during the past year, numbering nearly forty, some of 
whom were intimately associated with all of us. 
It has pleased Him in whose hands are the issues of life and 
death to remove from amongst us two of our own members, the 
late Mr. W. Elam and the late Mr. Gilbert Heyes. Let us share 
the consolation that our departed brethren have been exalted to 
a higher degree than they could have attained to in this sublunary 
sphere, and, to quote the words of a certain author, “ that, 
having thrown themselves upon the mercy of their Creator and 
Judge, in full reliance on His gracious promises, they have been 
enabled to pass through the Ark of Redemption to the presence 
of Him who is the Great I am, the Alpha and Omega, the first 
and the last.” 
Before sitting down, permit me to say one word. Let us hope 
that the good work which we have met here for to-night may be 
continued, and that each meeting may prove more pleasurable 
and profitable than its predecessor. And I venture a word of 
entreaty, which is this, that it rests with you to make it so by 
your regular attendance, and by zealously assisting in advanc¬ 
ing its welfare in every way possible, remembering the motto 
inscribed on the seal of our body corporate “Vis unit a fortiori 
The Secretary read the report of the committee of the Fleming 
Testimonial Fund. Twenty-six subscriptions had been collected 
by the committee, amounting to £24 17s. 6d., which had been 
forwarded to the secretary of the central committee in London, 
from wiiom an acknowledgment had been received. 
It was unanimously resolved to nominate Mr. "William Robert¬ 
son, F.R.C.V.S., Kelso, as a candidate for a seat at the Council 
of the R.C.V.S. at the next election. 
Professor Pritchard then delivered a lecture on the “Pathology 
of Curb, its causes and treatment.” He apologised to the mem¬ 
bers for not having written a paper on the subject, the reason 
being that during the short period that intervened between giving 
his consent to their President to introduce a subject and the date 
of their meeting his time has been fully occupied. 
In reference to the subject itself he said that they would 
naturally wonder why he had selected for their consideration 
such a well-known, every-day disease as curb, one with which 
they were all so familiar, and upon which nothing very new could 
be expected even from a Professor. 
He, however, expressed a hope that before he had finished his 
remarks upon the subject, he would be able, in some measure, 
to justify his selection of such an apparently simple pathological 
condition as curb was supposed to be. 
1st. The position of curb. All know well that it is situated on 
the postero-inferior part of the hock. 
2nd. The pathology of curb. Some structure affected with 
sprain, the question being, What structure is sprained ? 
Some say that it is the “ calcaneo-cuboid” ligament; others 
the tendon of the “ flexor pedis perforatusothers the 
