REVIEW. 
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Dr. Liautard closed the discussion with the following remarks : 
“ As to the particular rest the horse is to have, 1 have had cases 
in which the ordinary treatment has been resorted to, and the 
animals placed in box stalls or in barn yards and the recovery has 
been imperfect, or not permanent, while similar cases that received 
their rest at pasture were permanently relieved or cured. At 
pasture we are placing the animal under circumstances favorable 
to complete anchylosis of the hock resulting, or to the formation 
of a false joint. With this treatment the horse is not so liable 
to do further injury as though placed in a box stall, or receiving 
exercise in the halter. The actual cautery, I am tempted to say, 
use from the start. I don’t think that the complications of this 
operation amount to anything. We must consider the horse as a 
machine, so the blemishes resulting are of slight consequence. I 
don’t mean to say that I would fire every case of hock lameness, 
but if I thought there was danger of exostosis, of if that already 
existed I should advise firing. Tarsal tenotomy is well enough 
where we find we diagnose an exostosis without joint lameness, 
but it must not be depended upon for every case of hock lame¬ 
ness.” 
A vote of thanks was tendered the essayist, after which the 
society went into executive session. 
The name of Dr. D. J. Dixon was presented for membership 
and referred to the Committee on Nominations. 
Dr. Foote was appointed essayist for the next meeting, to be 
held at the American Veterinary College on Tuesday evening, 
February 13th at 8 o'clock. 
The meeting then adjourned. 
II. T. Foote, M.D., V.S., 
Secretary. 
Steamship Ventilation. —The steamer Victoria, which sailed 
for Liverpool from Boston on January lltli, landed 1,580 sheep and 
378 oxen. This is the sixth trip she has made with the new sys¬ 
tem of ventilation by extra panels and air shafts in the funnel 
casing. During this time she has carried 7,846 sheep and 3,211 
head of cattle, and has only lost nine cattle on the passage.— 
American Cultivator , 
