856 LIVERPOOL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
practical description of hernia, in consequence of Mr. Fryer having 
had many first-class horses under his care for this disease. 
The discussion that followed was entered into by several of the 
associates present, each freely giving his experience, his method of 
treatment, and the success attendant upon his practice. Indeed, never 
was the good of veterinary associations so palpable as at this meet¬ 
ing ; all freely and without any attempt at secretiveness laying 
before the meeting what they considered best to do in difficult cases 
of this kind. 
The discussion being concluded, the retiring office-bearers re¬ 
ceived votes of thanks for their past services, and, as marks of ap¬ 
proval the President, Treasurer, and Secretary, were re-elected. The 
Vice-Presidents, Messrs. C. Seeker, Fryer, and Carter, would 
undoubtedly have also been reinstated in office had it not been felt 
that this would be an injustice to the other members; and, as such 
Messrs. MacTaggart, Halifax; Naylor, Wakefield ; and Cuthbert of 
Leeds, were elected Vice-Presidents. 
The next meeting of the Association—the annual meeting—will be 
held at Leeds, on the last Friday in January, 1865, at 1.30 p.m., 
when the Secretary will read a paper “ On Counter-irritation.” After 
the business meeting, the members intend holding their first annual 
dinner, to which the Professors at the different veterinary colleges, 
and others distinguished in veterinary science, are to be invited. 
(Signed) J. Williams, Bradford, 
Hon. Sec. 
LIVERPOOL VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
OFFICIAL REPORT. 
A meeting of the above association was held in the Clarendon 
Rooms, North John Street, Liverpool, on the evening of the loth 
November. Present—Messrs. B. Briscoe, R. Lucas, Epli. A. Friend, 
G. Heyes, J. Simpson, sen., J. Simpson, jun., Thos. Proctor, C. 
Twist, G. Kirkham, J. Brydon, R. Chambers, W. x4, Wilson, Thos. 
Harwood, W. Dobie, Tlios. Greaves, President, and Thos. Taylor, 
Hon. Sec., of the Lancashire Veterinary Medical Association. 
Mr. R. Lucas was unanimously elected President of the associa¬ 
tion, in room of the late Mr. John Ellis, to whose memory he paid 
a well-merited compliment, referring in very appropriate and elo¬ 
quent terms to the great loss sustained by the profession generally, 
and the veterinary surgeons in Li\erpool in particular, by the death 
of so eminent and distinguished a member; one, he said, “who 
was not only an ornament to his profession, but a wise counsellor, 
a firm support, and a warm friend to ail.” 
