VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
885 
It is many years since this honour has been conferred, and its revival 
must be a source of congratulation to all who wish well to the Associa¬ 
tion. 
Certificates of Membership have been distributed to nineteen gentle¬ 
men who have obtained the diploma of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons during the past year. Their names are as follows, and will 
now be added to the Register of the Association : 
H. F. and F. 
G. M. P. 
A. S. M. 
H. F. and E. 
F. 
H. F. and E. 
F. 
F. 
F. G. Rugg (V. P.). 
W. Almond (V. P.). 
W. H. Beach. 
J. J. Crowhurst. 
G. G. Magor (V. 
II. 
E. Slipper (V. 
PO 
P-) 
II. 
II. Talbott (V. P.). 
T. W. Cave. 
F. L. Gooch. 
D. Gregory( V. P.). 
T. J. Rippon. 
T. Skilton. 
A. S. Angler. 
F. T. W. Lepper 
(V. P.) II. 
Sp. Ct. M. F. W. Caudwell. 
F. E. R. Harding. 
G. M. P. ~) 
Sp. G. M. [ F. T. C. Toop. 
E. S. M. J 
F. S. Villar (V. P.). 
F. J. W. Carlisle. 
The Secretary, during the year which has passed, has succeeded in 
collecting from the Annals of the Association such information as is 
contained in the Revised Register and Record. The laborious nature 
of this work, and the length of time which had elapsed since it was last 
done, rendered thorough accuracy a matter almost of impossibility, but 
the work, as produced, has proved useful to facilitate the business of the 
Association, and but few lapses have been indicated. As Librarian he 
has practically supervised the working of the “ Libraries Amalgamation 
Scheme, 55 and drawn up a report thereon, together with a record of the 
Library state. Thus, gentlemen, we may conclude our review cf the 
sessional year 1879-80. John Hy. Steel, 
Secretary and Librarian. 
Report of a Committee of Members of the Veterinary Medical Association 
appointed to examine a Specimen submitted at the General Meeting , 
held 18 th November , 1879, by Messrs. Slipper and Shipley , M.R.C.V.S., 
of Yarmouth. 
The specimen comprises certain abdominal viscera, together with the 
genital and urinary organs of the “ Rig ” Horse. 
Rectum .—Lining membrane congested, and muscular walls hyper¬ 
trophied posteriorly. Atrophy of anterior part. HsemorrhoidalVeins 
largely distended. 
Bladder .—Neck constricted, with a remarkably distended condition of 
its veins. Mjiscular walls of an unusually dark red colour; contents 
milky and scanty. Prostate and Vesiculce seminales atrophied. 
Testis (right) weighs f to 1 lb.; withdrawn by atrophy to considerable 
distance from epididymis. Secreting structure atrophied, but the organ 
presents the advanced stages of growth of a sarcomatous medullary cha¬ 
racter, including even caseous and fatty changes. No disease of the 
spermatic cord, which is simply atrophied. 
Spleen abnormally soft, and in some parts apparently atrophied ; pre¬ 
sents on various parts of its surface small, somewhat flesh-coloured 
growths. These are especially marked against the hilum, and similar 
growths, but of a somewhat lighter colour, load the omentum major and 
