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in small quantity, and is gangrenous when in a larger or more 
considerable quantity. 
In my opinion this is one of the instances in which we err, 
by giving too ample a definition to ordinary putrefaction. 
There is no similitude of nature or origin between putrefac¬ 
tion and gangrene. Far from being putrefaction, gangrene 
seems to be the state of an organ, or of part of an organ, 
preserved from putrefaction, in spite of death, and of which 
the liquids and solids react chemically and physically on each 
other out of the pale of the normal acts of nutrition. 
THE LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
(official report.) 
The members of the above Association held their Eighth Meeting 
at the Brunswick Hotel, Piccadilly, Manchester, on the evening of 
the 14th inst.; the President in the chair. 
The following Veterinary Surgeons were present:—Thomas 
Greaves, Esq,, Manchester, President:—John Lawson, Esq., Cutli- 
bert Simpson, Esq., Peter Taylor, Esq., — Taylor, jun., Roger 
Hampson, Esq., W. Haycock, Esq., G. Sermons, Esq., W. Dixon, 
Esq., J. Haslam, Esq., N. Carney, Esq., E. Boyle, Esq., C. Raw¬ 
lings, Esq., A. L. E. Hunt, Esq., Birmingham, P.R.C.V.S., London; 
E. C. Dray, Esq., Leeds ; J. Broad, Esq., Bath ; W. A. Cartwright, 
Esq., Whitchurch ; John Greaves, Esq., Altrincham ; James Brooks, 
Esq., Pilkington; James Howell, Esq., Rochdale; James Taylor, 
Esq., Oldham; Roger Bridge, Esq., Bury; George Brown, Esq., 
Oldham; T. M. Leech, Esq., Bakewell; W. Whittle, Esq., Worsley; 
John Smith, Esq., Ormskirk ; G. Morgan, Esq., Liverpool; John 
Simpson, Esq., Liverpool; J. Brydon, Esq., Liverpool; W. Williams, 
Esq., Bradford, S.Y.S.; J. H. Carter, Esq., Bradford; W. Tool, 
Esq., Lichfield ; W. Litt, Esq., Shrewsbury; — Lee, Esq., Maccles¬ 
field ; —McTaggart, Esq., Halifax; G. Fleming, Esq., F.R.G.S., 
F. A.S.L., V.S., King’s Own Hussars; W. Taylor, Esq., Stockport; 
and others. 
The 'Presidents Address . 
Having now disposed of the preliminary business, and before 
calling upon our friend Mr. Lawson to favour us with his paper 
upon tetanus in the horse, I beg leave to state the pride and 
pleasure I experience on this occasion in being supported by so 
large and influential a body of my veterinary brethren. On my 
right I am honoured by the presence of the President of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons—a gentleman in every respect 
worthy of that exalted position, the most honorable that any 
