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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
tain. When the sight-seeing is over cars are again boarded for 
the boat which brought them hither, and when sail is set all sit 
down to a most generous repast of all that makes life worth 
living, and the good things are so heartily partaken of that the 
excursion is continued on down into Lake Erie, where the time 
slips by most pleasantly to the strains of sweet music and danc¬ 
ing. At io p. M. the boat anchors at her dock, and the light- 
hearted guests seek their abiding places, with a high apprecia¬ 
tion of the bountiful hospitality of the occasion’s hosts. 
The convention reassembled at io A. M. on the morning of 
the 3d, and, after the report of the recommendations of the Ex¬ 
ecutive Committee, which were acted upon according to their 
findings, the reading and discussion of papers was taken up. 
Dr. J. F. Winchester, of Lawrence, Mass., presented his paper 
upon Diphtheria in Cattle,* which was in the nature of a report 
of an outbreak which occurred in his practice. The essayist 
went very deeply into the symptoms presented during life, autop¬ 
sies upon the dead, and microscopical examinations of the path¬ 
ology in the cases, having the assistance of trained men in those 
departments. The discussion following was indulged in by Drs. 
Gill, Salmon, Lyman, Grange, Knowles and others, and alto¬ 
gether much light was thrown upon a disease whose recognition 
has been shrouded in doubt and where little original research 
has been indulged in. 
Dr. W. H. Dalrymple, of New Orleans, La., then read a most 
interesting paper entitled “ Some Southern Experiences,” dating 
his story from the time of his entry, previous to which such a 
thing as an educated veterinarian had never been seen, and the 
people looked upon him as a curiosity, but as he became ac¬ 
quainted with them, and demonstrated his superiority to the 
humbugs that had previously infested the country he gained their 
confidence, and now they employ his services and rely upon his 
judgment. The report, after giving further interesting details of 
the profession in that section, and intimating that there is a great 
field for the veterinarian yet to be developed, he described an ex¬ 
tensive outbreak of cliarbon, which depopulated great herds of 
cattle, mules, and sheep; how they had exhausted the supply of 
anthrax vaccine in this country and sent to Europe for more ; 
how the injection of this agent checked the disease and saved 
many lives. The paper brought forth an animated discussion, 
and will be published in the Review in its complete form (the 
paper with the discussion appended) as soon as it is possible to 
obtain it from the Publication Committee. 
*Printed elsewhere in this issue. 
