210 WEST OE ENGLAND VETERINARY MEDlCAL ASSOCIATION. 
ment of the veterinary art, and the elevation of the social status 
of the members of the profession. 
A well-earned and most cordial vote of thanks to the'chairman 
ended an enjoyable and happy evening. 
Wm. Broughton, 
Hon. Sec. 
WEST OF ENGLAND VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
A general meeting of this Association was held at the 
Christopher Hotel, Bath, on Wednesday, 15th January, Mr. 
Barford, of Southampton, one of the Vice-Presidents, being in 
the chair. 
Amongst those present were—Mr. T. D. Broad; Mr. J. 
Broad, of Bristol; Mr. Codings, of Exeter; the Hon. Secretary, 
Mr. Dring, Bath; Mr. Fletcher, Bath; Mr. S. James, Frome; 
Dr. Aust. Lawrence, Clifton; Mr. J. James, Corsham; Mr. 
James, Thornbury; Mr. Stephens; Captain Robertson; and 
Mr. Vicary, Bath. 
Prior to the general meeting the members of the Association 
met with a hospitable reception at the residence of the President, 
Mr. Broad, who at the meeting read a paper on the “ Pathology 
and Treatment of Diseases of Joints , v which was illustrated by an 
extensive collection of specimens and apparatus. 
Mr. Broad made some general remarks on the objects of the 
Association. They wanted, he said, to make veterinary surgeons 
desirous of improvement, and to awaken in them a spirit of 
inquiry and a thirst for further knowledge, which must inevitably 
be an advantage to themselves as well as their employers and the 
poor dumb animals they are called upon to treat. In the minds 
of the great majority of veterinary surgeons throughout the 
country the laudable desire of acquiring a greater amount of 
scientific knowledge in connection with their profession had not 
as yet been awakened; and if this Association could, even in 
part, substitute interest for indifference, it would render a service 
to the country. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES OF JOINTS, 
MORE ESPECIALLY THAT OF THE HOCK. 
Pathologically we define lameness to be disease or derange¬ 
ment of some part or other of the apparatus of locomotion. In 
estimating its nature and importance, we have to take into con- 
