356 YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
when necessary, the abbreviations Ph. Br., Ph. L., Ph. E., 
Ph. D., to the names of the articles indicated, accordingly as 
they are to be prepared or dispensed as directed by the 
British, London, Edinburgh or Dublin Pharmacopoeia. 
THE YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
SOCIETY. 
(official report.) 
The above society held its quarterly meeting at the St. 
George's Hall, Bradford, on Monday, the 11th inst. The 
following gentlemen were present:—The President, Mr. 
E. C. Dray, Leeds; Messrs. Seeker, Knaresborough ; Fallding, 
Wakefield; Anderton, Skipton; Broughton, Leeds; Cuth- 
bert, Leeds; Carter, Bradford ; Smith, Barnsley ; McTaggart, 
Halifax; Lord, Halifax; Kay, Pontefract; Ball, Otley; Nay¬ 
lor, Wakefield; Paterson, Dewsbury; Howell, Rochdale; 
Greaves, Manchester (President of the Lancashire Veterinary 
Medical Society); Horne, Barnsley; and the Secretary. 
Four new members were elected, viz., Messrs. Howell, 
Rochdale; Smith, Barnsley ; Sampson Wood, Moor Town, 
Leeds ; and Austin, Huddersfield. 
After the preliminary business was concluded, Mr. Seeker 
read an excellent paper on laminitis. He prefaced his essay 
by paying a high compliment to the members on the in¬ 
auguration of the society, hoping that their labours would 
be crowned with success, and promising that he would do 
his utmost towards that end. He said that laminitis was a 
disease to w hich the horse, as an animal of speed and weight, 
was most liable, considering the concussion to which the feet 
are subjected by the application of iron shoes, and the abuse of 
the draw r ing-knife. Referring to the disease in other animals, 
Mr. Bell, of Lancaster, stated that he had seen it in cattle ; 
he had likewise found that w^ell-bred horses, having strong, 
upright feet, were oftener affected than others. Mr. Seeker 
divided the disease into three forms, and described the acute 
as the most painful ailment that affects the horse. After 
minutely describing the symptoms, he w r ent on to the causes, 
and, in doing so, stated that, although what is termed me¬ 
tastasis w T as sometimes a cause, he believed that many cases 
ascribed to it have been laminitis from the commencement. 
