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Middletown with mallein without reaction. He spoke of a 
mare having- a discharge from nostrils for three years sud¬ 
denly becoming worse, and upon the mallein test gave re a- 
tion of 103 3-10 degrees, and destroyed and diagnosis proven. 
Myotic enteritis, in some cases supposed to be caused by feed¬ 
ing decaying turnips, disappeared when the feeding of the 
turnips was stopped; yet cattle at the experiment station 
fed on these turnips became fat. The chemist upon exam¬ 
ination failed to find any chemical poison. The ringworm in 
cattle has been traced to the importation of York State 
calves, and if taken early yields nicely to external applica¬ 
tions of tincture of iodine. Tetanus is not nearly so preva¬ 
lent as it was two years ago. The tetanine used is manu¬ 
factured at the Pasteur Institute. He also spoke of hog 
cholera, cestris bovis, contagious abortion (which they treat 
very successfully with hypodermic injections of carbolic 
acid), and menengitis, which has caused a loss of five to 
six thousand horses within the last ten years. This they 
suppose is due to ptomaines produced by the death of a 
fungus. Though they have fed food from the infected 
stables and have grown cultures from all the fungus found 
around the premises and fed the pure cultures to young 
horses, they have failed to produce the disease in a single 
case. 
Mr. McBirney exhibited two very interesting specimens, 
one being a section of pancreas from an ox; it consisted of 
a large duct filled with small white granules, resembling 
homeopathic pills, about four ounces. The other was a 
honeycombed piece of carbonate of lime, two by two and a 
half inches, taken from the brisket of an ox. Each of these 
animals was in good condition. 
Dr. McAnulty and Dr. McClellan each reported the re¬ 
covery of a mule from menengitis. 
Dr. B. M. Underhill reported a case of rabies in a chest¬ 
nut gelding, nine years old. The symptoms were first noted 
on Sunday, he became very violent by Tuesday, the con¬ 
stant movement of the jaws causing a frothy saliva to ex¬ 
ude from the lips. He was destroyed with a rifle Tuesday 
at noon. 
Dr. Eves reported the successsful treatment of a dog and 
a horse that had been bitten by a rabid dog, with Pasteur’s 
virus. 
Dr. McBirney cited a case of rabies in a two-year-old colt 
that had been bitten by a wolf. 
After extending a vote of thanks to those who gave 
