SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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The hoard elected officers for the ensuing year as follows * 
President, W. Horace Hoskins, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Secretary- 
Treasurer, Dr. S. J. J. Harger, 205 N. 20th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
Prosecutions in a number of cases were ordered, and vigorous 
measures will, be adopted in dealing with all violations of the 
several provisions of the acts governing the practice of veterinary 
science in the K.eystone State. W. Horace Hoskins, 
Secretary . 
The following questions were propounded in the various de- 
partments, the candidates being required to answer ten out of 
the fifteen in each branch. Where not otherwise mentioned the 
question had reference to the horse. 
eterinary Diagnosis — How would you differentiate between chronic glanders with 
lesions in the head and collection of the nasal sinuses ? What are the characteristic symp¬ 
tom^ of spavin . Give the diagnostic signs of pleurisy and pneumonia in their several 
stages \Vhat are the diagnostics signs of traumatic pericarditis in cattle; for what othe r 
pathological conditions may it be mistaken ? How would you distinguish mange from 
\ esiculai eczema m the dog ? What are the diagnostic symptoms of collection of the gut- 
tuial pouches and with what other conditions may it be confounded ? How do vou differ- 
entiate between shoulder and foot lameness ? Upon what is the diagnosis of navicular ar- 
u nt ^i >ased - . case °f lameness how do you determine the lame member ? What is 
the difference in the movements of the member in shoulder lameness as compared with 
toot lameness. What are the diagnostic signs of laminitis? Given a chronic case with 
a history of gradual falling off in flesh, tucked-up abdomen, general stiffness in locomotion 
01 lameness, possibly intermittent, if one or more members, what would be your diag¬ 
nosis . With what other conditions may it be confounded? What is your general pro¬ 
cedure in examining a horse for lameness under the most favorable conditions ? How 
would you diagnose anthrax in cattle? How do you administer tuberculin for diagnostic 
purposes in tuberculosis, and what constitutes a reaction? What constitutes a typical re¬ 
action with mallein in a glandered horse ? 1 
. P rac f iue °f Veterinary' Medicine .—Give the causes, symptoms anfl treatment of poly- 
Give the diagnostic symptoms of pleurisy and treatment of the same. Give the 
symptoms and exciting causes of tetanus. Give the symptoms of choke in the horse and 
ox and treatment for the same. Give the diagnostic symptoms of impaction of the stomach 
and treatment for the same. Give the symptoms, causes and treatment of of osteo porosis! 
How would you distinguish between contagious pleuro-pneumonia and tuberculosis in the 
ox ? Give the diagnostic symptoms of hog cholera and the best methods of control of such 
an outbreak. What group of general symptoms make it difficult to distinguish between 
mtestma 1 parasites and distemper in the dog in the incipient stage ? What is periodic 
ophthalmia ? How would you diagnose it ? and state treatment. What are the predis- 
posing causes, diagnostic symptoms and treatment of parturient apoplexy (milk fever) in 
cattle \\ hat is influenza, and what forms and group of symptoms does it assume ? In 
an outbreak of rhino-adenitis among a large number of animals, what general plans of 
management would you adopt ? What varieties of worms infest the digestive tract of a 
clog . \\ liat diseases infect the air passages of sheep ? 
Sanitary Medicine, Meat and Milk Inspection. — What diseases of animals are most 
dangerous to consumers of meat ? What measures are required to suppress and eradicate 
pleuro-pneumonia contagiosa and tuberculosis in cattle ? Give the symptoms and sani¬ 
tary requirements of glanders. In what manner would you demonstrate the contagious¬ 
ness of rabies ? What sanitary conditions should be observed in the construction and 
management of a large barn where transient animals are sheltered ? Under what condi 
tions would you condemn meat for human food ? How would you impress your seal of 
