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injured eye became the seat of this lesion about sixteen months after the 
receipt of the primary injury, and, what was worse, the cataract developed 
insidiously, so that when I first saw it its formation was complete ; never¬ 
theless, by persistance in the use of the above mentioned agents, and 
the occasional application of Ung. Hydrarg. Iodidi, to the side of the face, 
I had the pleasure of seeing the cataract dispersed, a small speck alone 
remaining, and vision being perfect. 
A short discussion afterwards ensued, and it was agreed that “ torsion 
of the colon,” and intestinal diseases in general, should form the subject 
for discussion at the next meeting 
John McFadyen, Secretary. 
MIDLAND COUNTIES VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
MEETING IN NOTTINGHAM. 
The Thirty-eighth Meeting of the Midland Counties Veterinary 
Medical Association was held at the George Hotel, Nottingham, on 
Wednesday Afternoon, September 17th. Professor Pritchard, of the 
Royal Veterinary College, London, President of the Association, 
occupied the chair. There were also present Messrs. Parker, Bir¬ 
mingham; H. R. Perrins, Worcester; F. J. Pyatt, Nottingham; Over, 
Rugby; Blakeway, Stourbridge; Taylor, jun., Nottingham; Capt. 
Russell, Grantham; W. Carless, Stafford; G. Carless, Worcester; J. 
Cox, Stoke-on-Trent; W. Carless, Lincoln; Hodgkinson, Hanley; 
Bowles, Abergavenny; G. H. Pyatt, Nottingham; Goodall, Melton- 
Mowbray; Heap, Melton-Mowbray ; L. C. Tipper, Birmingham ; Mar¬ 
tin, Chesterfield; Weston, Eastwood; Smith, Tunstall; Noar, Ash¬ 
bourne; E. Hodgkinson, Uttoxeter; Cox, Nottingham; J. Taylor, 
Loughborough; W. A. Taylor, Manchester; D. Aitken, Loughborough ; 
C. J. Reynolds, Mansfield; Rossell, Sandiacre, &c. Letters of apology 
were read from Professors Williams and M'Call, Messrs. Greaves, Man¬ 
chester; Steele, London; Berry, Northampton; W. C. Barling, Newn- 
ham; Cartwright, Wolverhampton.; J. Carless, Stafford; W. F. 
Chattell, Bromley, Kent; J. W. Hill, Wolverhampton; E. Cresswell, 
Bromsgrove ; C. U. Page, Banbury ; W. Stanley, Leamington ; J. B. 
Wolstenholme, Manchester; T. G. Ball, London; and H. Olver, Tam- 
worth. 
Professor Pritchard commenced the proceedings by giving a very 
interesting description of the new method of “ firing.” Since the 
circular had been sent out he found that the method was not so novel 
as he had anticipated. On the subject of the utility of firing he would 
not enter, but if useful he considered the apparatus he was about to 
introduce most desirable, and that it should be generally employed. It 
consisted of a spirit-lamp connected by india-rubber tubing with two 
india-rubber balls, by which a stream of air was sent through the flame, 
greatly increasing its power. A hollow iron, with a hollow wire through 
its neck, was heated in the flame, and the current of air was then 
connected with a bottle containing benzoline, the iron being also 
connected, the spray was evaporated ; the spirit being passed up the 
iron produced combustion and kept up the heat. The benzoline should 
be of the commonest quality, and the bottle not nearly full, whilst the 
apparatus should be kept in a dry place, and care taken that the bottle 
