SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Dr. Walker .—We have not arrived at that condition. It 
was considered tliat a committee would take that up farther 
along and then get the sentiments of the members here and find 
out what they considered sound or unsound. 
Dr. Hawley.~\\\ my opinion a horse may be technically 
unsound but practically sound or serviceably sound. A bare 
spot is an unsoundiiess, it is abnormal. A bad habit is an un- 
soundness ; a kicker and balker is an unsoundness ; a cribber for 
; all practmal purposes is sound. It is a habit, not a disease. 
My definition is this ; That any blemish or defect which in- 
! usefulness or selling price is an unsoundness. Dr. 
Worms said in his paper that if three-fourths of an inch of the 
tongue of a horse is removed he will retain the food in his 
i mouth. Technically that horse is unsound, because a part of 
his tongue is gone ; practically he is sound. He can eat and is 
in good condition, and would sell for just as much money as if 
he had the tongue. He says that tongue-lolling is not an un- 
^undness. It certainly is an unsoundness, not a disease. 
1 here is no man who drives a tongue-loller through the street 
that cares for appearances. Nasal cysts he would not consider 
an unsoundness, but he says in his definition they are an abnor¬ 
mality. I would like to know if a nasal cyst is not an abnor- 
ma It IS an abscess, and contains pus, and if large enough 
would interfere with breathing. 
Dr. Quitman .—I would take exception to the remark that 
tongue-lolling is a habit. It is sometimes a symptom of de¬ 
cayed teeth. I have seen several cases where the decayed tooth 
was removed and the tongue would be carried normally. 
Dr. B. Quitman .—I wish to take an exception to the remark 
that tongue-lolling is a habit. It may be a disease and the 
horse cannot put his tongue back into the mouth. Such horses 
sutler a good _ deal with parched, dry and cracked tongue. I 
have an idea it is a disease of the nerves or muscles that control 
the tongue and I believe it is an unsoundness. 
Dr. lValker.~lt is quite possible for tongue-lolling to be a 
habit, as there are tongue-lollers that can be stopped. I have 
seen tongue-lollers cured by putting two large pieces of leather 
iinder their tongue. 
Dr. B. Quitman .—That is curing by mechanical means 
Some one interrupted and asked the difference betwemi a 
habit and vice, to which Dr. Quitman replied that he under- 
stood that kicking was a vice in horses. A horse may be sound 
an e vicious , he is a kicker. Vice is not an unsoundness 
