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opinion, should be left an open question, for every man has a 
perfect right to put his value on his services. If one 
man thinks his services are not worth more than half 
that of his neighbour, by all means let him take the half, for 
the probability is, if he did not, he would think he was doing 
an act of dishonesty to his employer. Low-priced pro¬ 
fessional services are, as a rule, like nearly all other low- 
priced articles, thrown aside by all sensible men, as being 
by far the most expensive when tested and brought into use. 
I will not, however, occupy any more of your time by 
further remarks of my own, more especially as I know there 
are some very interesting cases for discussion, and also 
morbid specimens for examination, which will doubtless 
interest you far more than anything which I may be able to 
bring before you in this address. 
I must, however, before I conclude, award “ honour to 
whom honour is due.” It may not be known to all the 
members of this association that the sole merit of bringing 
together so many of us to-day, and the establishing of “ The 
North of England Veterinary Medical Association,” is 
entirely due to our worthy secretary. I confess that when 
the matter was first mentioned to me I did not hesitate to 
pronounce its failure, not because I could not see its value 
if properly carried out; but because I feared that the want of 
unanimity amongst the members of the profession in this 
district was not sufficiently felt. However, Mr. Armitage 
was nothing daunted by my faithlessness in his undertaking, 
and now I can say that no one is more delighted than my¬ 
self to see his most sanguine expectations so fully realised. 
The address was warmly received by the members. A 
vote of thanks to the President followed, which was cor¬ 
dially agreed to, and in reply further valuable remarks were 
elicited from him. 
Mr. H. E. Wilkinson afterwards introduced to the notice 
of the meeting a very interesting specimen of a rare form of 
tuberculosis in the lungs and liver of a cow. 
The first-named organs, when taken from the animal, were 
found to be of the enormous weight of seventy pounds. The 
structure was compact, the interlobular spaces being replaced 
by condensed tissue, finely studded with calcareous gra¬ 
nules. A few collections of pus-like fluid also existed here 
and there. 
What gave the case greater singularity was the fact that 
half only of the right lung was pervious , yet no symptoms of 
dyspnoea nor accelerated breathing were observed during life. 
