SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Dr. Quitman : —Just about four weeks. 
Dr. Hawley: —I would like to ask some questions in regard 
to neurotomy. How long does an animal usually go sound 
after being operated upon ? 
Dr. Quitman : —I know a case that went sound for seven 
years. 
Dr. Campbell: —I know one of six years. 
Dr. Allen : —I know one that I operated upon, high opera¬ 
tion, ten years ago, and he is sound to-day. 
Dr. Merillat: —The length of relief from the operation de¬ 
pends, in my opinion, upon the work that they have to do after¬ 
wards. The average in lower plantar operation is two years. 
High neurectomy for navicular disease is an operation that I 
would recommend only as a last resort, as the danger is too 
great, though in many cases it proves successful. Meso-neuro- 
tomy is very effectual in tendonitis. In all such cases it gives 
prompt relief and often completely straightens the tendon. An¬ 
other operation that is effectual in spavin is posterior tibial neu¬ 
rectomy. It is a sure relief to ringbone, where there is no me¬ 
chanical obstruction. All these neurectomies require a little 
courage, but I think we would advance our profession a great 
deal if they were universally adopted. 
Dr. Allen ; —I am much in favor of the high operation. In 
about ten years that I have been in active practice I have per¬ 
formed three or four of the lower and about seventy of the 
higher operations, and I have yet to lose my first case. As to 
the posterior tibial neurectomy for ringbone, I always do the 
high operation with very good results. I know one case that I 
operated upon that had a large ringbone that at the present 
time has entirely disappeared, but I cannot see why you should 
go as far as posterior tibial neurectomy for ringbone if the high 
operation is just as successful. 
Dr. Quihnan: —In recent cases I perform the low ; in cases 
of old standing, especially where inflammation sets in, I perform 
the high operation. 
Dr. Merillat: —For all cases of navicular disease we perform 
the low operation, and if the results are not satisfactory we per¬ 
form the high. If you can cure it by the low operation it is 
certainly better, but if you cannot perform the high. 
Dr. Hawley : —In absolute navicular arthritis I do not see 
the sense of performing the high operation. 
Dr. E. E. Quitman now related a case of “ Calcification of 
Parotid Gland and Steno’s Duct,” after which the discussion 
