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was twisted from the eibow, so that the radius along its entire length 
was upon the ground; the anterior aspect of the carpi met and touched, 
from which point the paws were sharply adducted, with their plantar 
surfaces turned outwards at right angles with the ground. The outer 
aspect of each humerus was concave, to admit the misplaced elbow. 
Progression was difficult, and puppy healthy. 
Mr. Tom Taylor described an interesting case, which he had named 
in the circular, “ Practical remarks relative to a case of supposed 
lameness.” The history was that the animal, a dark-brown cob, had 
been lame at special times for three weeks, but the seat of lameness could 
not be diagnosed. Mr. Taylor, on seeing the animal run on in hand, was 
of opinion that both in the walk and trot he was perfectly sound. But 
the owner remarked that Mr. Taylor had not yet seen the animal go lame, 
and to do so it was necessary that his daughter (who had ridden it for a 
month prior to the lameness presenting itself) should ride it. The 
young lady did so, and at once the animal went very lame of the off 
hind leg, both in the walk and trot; and even when the saddle alone was 
on, the cob was still very lame. A careful examination gave no indica¬ 
tion whatever of the cause of lameness; but under the mane (of which 
the cob had a plentiful supply) a small circular abrasion was found, due 
to injury from pressure of a portion of the saddle which rested upon 
the off shoulder; in the centre of this abrasion was a portion of disin¬ 
tegrated tissue, or what is termed a setfast. On manipulation of the 
surrounding tissue, the animal gave undoubted evidence of pain. Mr. 
Taylor was reluctant to think that so small an injury could produce the 
lameness ; but upon examining the internal portion of the saddle, he 
found a few spots of blood. He, therefore, had the cob run on in hand 
without the saddle, and both in walk and trot he was sound. The 
coachman, twice the weight of the young lady, rode the cob without 
saddle, and it still went sound. With a little care and attention the 
injury soon recovered, and the cob lost all indications of lameness. 
Mr. Taylor thought the case almost unique in character, and considered 
the apparent inability of the animal to bring forward the off hind leg 
was purely due to the fear of pain in bringing forward the muscles of 
progression, because, upon doing so, abrasion against the saddle of 
the sore part could not be avoided. This he substantiated by proving 
that, when the irritation was removed, the cob went perfectly sound. 
A discussion arose, in which many of the members took part, the whole of 
whom concurred in saying the case was very remarkable in its character. 
Mr. T. A. Dollar then read the following paper upon the proposed 
“ Penal Act 
“ Mr. President and Gentlemen,—As you are aware, I am about to offer 
you a few remarks on the proposed “ Penal Act” in connection with 
our profession ; the effect of such an enactment would be to legally 
separate the veterinary surgeon from the farmer, cowleech, or empiric. 
Much the same was effected in the sister profession of surgery fully 
one hundred years ago, when in the reign of George II the surgeons 
were separated from the “ barber surgeons;” that was a complete sever¬ 
ance of a sort of body, or combined body, which existed from the time 
of Henry VIII; ever since that time the surgeons have gone on as a 
separate body, and the barbers have been kept separately, It was a 
question of bleeding and cupping. For a long time the barbers kept 
up the old plan of bleeding and cupping, and the public thought it a 
sort of injustice to take the practice out of their hands, but no one now- 
goes to a barber to be bled, though at that time it was thought to be an 
improper interference that people should not be bled by whom they liked. 
