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two of the principal causes of the disease, and considered that he 
had given sufficient prominence to them in his essay, but could 
not but think that there must be some peculiarity, anatomical or 
otherwise, to account for the fact of the cow being, of all the 
domestic animals, so liable to parturient apoplexy. 
It was announced that the annual meeting of the Association 
will take place in February. 
C. Cunningham, Secretary. 
Slateford, \Wi Bee., 1872. 
WEST OF SCOTLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
This Association held its fourth quarterly meeting within the 
Athole Arms Hotel, Dundas Street, Glasgow, on Wednesday, the 
23rd October last, at 2 o’clock. 
Present —Daniel McLean, Esq., President; Professors Fadie, 
Glasgow ; M'Gill, Glasgow ; Walley, Edinburgh; and Messrs. 
Robinson, Greenock; Sharp, Hamilton; Craufurd, Dundonald; 
Brownlie, Coatbridge; Kerr, Leith; Pottie, Renfrew; Boyle, 
Kilmarnock; Wm. Anderson, sen., Glasgow; and the Secretary. 
The following gentlemen were elected members of the Associa¬ 
tion, after the minutes of the previous meeting had been read 
and confirmed :—Professor M'Gill, and Messrs. Craufurd and 
Boyle. 
The President , in addressing the meeting, remarked that the 
attendance was not altogether to his mind, and hoped that, 
although the meeting was small, the discussion would be great 
and profitable. 
Professor Walley then read the following communication, in 
order that the subject of his essay read at the last meeting m lit 
be again introduced and further discussed:— 
“ Tuberculosis affecting the Glands at the superior posterior 
part of the Larynx and Pharynx of a Horse. 
£f Specimen forwarded to me by Mr. Kettle, of Market Drayton, 
with following history :— 
“ The animal was first observed to be ill in February last, having 
a slight cough. In May he was treated by a veterinary surgeon for 
a simple cold. In June Mr. Kettle’s opinion was sought, when he 
considered there was an abscess forming, the symptoms being as 
follows : breathing laboured and quick, and accompanied by a 
