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THE SCOTTISH METROPOLITAN VETERINARY 
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
A meeting of the Scottish Metropolitan Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion was held in Edinburgh on the 1st September last, when some 
interesting cases, of which the following are the notes, were brought 
before the members. The following three cases were by Mr. Cunning¬ 
ham, Slateford: 
1. Deformed or malformed fore legs in a foal. 
The foal was the offspring of a Clydesdale dam and sire, both, as far as 
known, free from hereditary defect or malformation. It was allowed to live 
two hours, and was strong and perfectly healthy, except in respect of the 
following deformity:—The near fore leg was flexed at the fetlock and 
turned inwards, the off limb was flexed at the knee. The principal meta¬ 
carpal bone with its phalanges in each limb was imperfectly developed, 
while in each the internal small metacarpal carried a still less perfect digit. 
The hind limbs were normal, and the act of parturition had been com¬ 
paratively easy, one of the limbs only requiring to be put straight a 
little. The case is one of great interest, as showing a tendency towards 
the typical complete development of parts, of which the normal structure 
of the horse’s manus may be regarded as an arrested stage. 
2. Diseased eye—the result probably of specific ophthalmia. 
The crystalline lens was opaque. The vitreous humour was organised 
and consolidated, being of a fibrous structure and enclosing a small piece 
of bone in its centre. The cornea, aqueous humour, and iris were fairly 
healthy, but the whole eye seemed as if it had a good many years pre¬ 
vious been the seat of severe specific ophthalmia, the deeper structures 
having been most involved. The notable feature of the case was the 
partial conversion of the vitreous humour into bone. 
3. Fracture of the os suffraginis (horse). 
A van-horse took fright at a railway train, gave a violent plunge, and 
then stood still, with the near fore foot held up. Post-mortem examina¬ 
tion showed a remarkable fracture of the os suffraginis. The inner half 
of the bone was almost intact, while the outer half was shattered into at 
least a dozen fragments, owing probably to the doubling in of the fetlock 
at the moment of impact. 
The notes of the following case of tumour on the brain were read by 
Mr. C. Rutherford, M.R.C.V.S., 21st Hussars, Piershill Barracks : 
On the evening of the 19th June last, a bay mare, twelve years old, 
of seven years’ service, was admitted to the sick lines, showing the fol¬ 
lowing symptoms:—Unsteady movement of all four legs, occasionally 
stretching forward her fore legs and at the same time reining back. She 
would stand, with nose poked out, staring at the wall in front of her; 
pulse was full, 40 per minute ; respiration normal. I immediately bled 
her and gave her a dose of physic, kept wet cloths at her head, and put 
her in a loose box without any food. Up till the morning of the 21st 
there was no alteration for the better, excepting that the bowels had at 
last responded to the physic; but in the evening I found her knocking 
herself about madly, eyes staring and glazed, pupils widely dilated, and 
trembling violently when touched. At times she stood quietly, pressing 
her nose against a corner of the box ; pulse when quiet was 100 per 
minute, full and firm, mucous membrane injected, respirations accele¬ 
rated—symptoms which lasted with more or less remission till the early 
