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large metatarsal bone and of the cuneiform, were ulcerated and 
partly destroyed. The whole of the joint had been the seat of 
extensive periostitis, with bony deposits all over. The fragments 
of the small metatarsal were only partly united by an external 
callous. 
This case presents points of interest. 1st. The fracture of a 
bone which is seldom the seat of such lesion alone, that is, with¬ 
out fracture of the principal metatarsal bone with it, a fact 
noticed in D’Arboval’s Dictionary, by Zundel, where it is said 
that: Seldom theperonei bones are fractured alone, and record 
of which we failed to discover in any veterinary journal for a 
number of years back ; and 2d. the peculiar feeling of the 
crepitation which, instead of assisting in the diagnosis, rather 
made it more obscure, and gave rise to the supposition of exist¬ 
ing arthritis as a consequence of the existing synovitis.— Ed. 
VETERINARY SOCIETIES. 
OTTAWA CENTRAL VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The second meeting of the Association took place at the hall 
over Mr. Coleman’s office yesterday, when subjects of interest to 
the profession were discussed. During the remarks of Dr. 
Coleman, the President, who read a short pithy paper on Diag¬ 
nosis, he mentioned that the Vice-President, Mr. R. C. Hutch¬ 
ings, of Watertown, N. Y., had just sailed for England, and 
would, on his return, give the Association an account of foreign 
veterinary institutions, &c. Mr. Murcott gave an interesting 
description of a difficult case of parturition he had attended, 
which was well received by the meeting. Mr. C. Jalloway, V. 
S., Montreal, and Mr. George Falls, V.S., Perth, were unani¬ 
mously elected members. The success of the Association is 
highly gratifying to the promoters. The next meeting, we un 
derstand, takes place at Brookville .—[Daily Citizen, Ottawa , 
Canada. 
