SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Mr. J. J. McCarry reported an interesting case which had re¬ 
cently come under his observation. The subject was a horse, 
which, two years ago, as the result of a boiler explosion, had 
been blown through the doorway of a building, but was not at 
the time thought to have sustained any very serious injury. 
Shortly afterwards he developed a fistula above the point of the 
shoulder. A seton was inserted and the animal put to pasture. 
For a time recovery appeared to have taken place, but later the 
symptoms returned, and last December an operation resulted in 
the removal of a rivet-head about three-quarters of an inch in 
diameter from under the levator humeri, where it had probably 
lodged at the time of the explosion. The animal made a good 
recovery and is now working daily. 
Mr. E. H. Morris read an excellent paper on “ Haemoglobin- 
uria,” which, it was stated, is not a disease of the kidney, but 
under the influence of various causes a secondary nephritis may 
accompany it. The symptoms, pathology, sequelae and treat¬ 
ment were each in turn thoroughly described. One case, that of 
a mule, was instanced, that was peculiar in that the muscles of 
the shoulder were the ones affected. 
The discussion following was mostly concerned with the 
treatment of the disease, and after further remarks by the chair¬ 
man the meeting adjourned. Harri H. Dell, Sec. Treas. 
TORONTO VETERINARY COLLEGE MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The semi-weekly meeting of the Veterinary Medical Society 
took place in the lecture room of the college on Friday evening, 
March 13th, Prof. Smith presiding. Mr. G. R. C. Merriam, of 
Jamaica, read a carefully prepared and excellent essay on the 
subject of contagious pleuro-pneumonia in cattle, tracing the early 
history of the disease, its spread, and loss sustained by agricul¬ 
turists in many countries where the disease existed. Mr. Mer¬ 
riam also fully explained the more recent investigations and 
experiments of Arloing, in relation to the bacillus just described 
by him (pneumo-bacillus liquefaciens bovis). 
Mr. James A. Stevenson brought the subject, “ Infectious 
Diseases of the Ox,” before the meeting. His essay was an 
elaborate, interesting, and very perfect description of the more 
common infections of cattle. 
Mr. A. E. Williamson, of Queenstown, Ireland, addressed the 
meeting on the value of eserine in many of the digestive disorders 
of the horse, pointing out such cases as were effectually relieved 
by its use. He also pointed out those cases where its use is con¬ 
tra-indicated. 
