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MR. GODBILLE. 
professional business for one day to attend the meeting on the 
14th of July. It is to be hoped that the call will not be ig¬ 
nored, and that the roll call will show every section of the 
State represented at the meeting in Syracuse. New York 
State ought not to remain without a veterinary society doing 
work in behalf of the profession, and the present Society 
promises well if it only receives the support of the veterina¬ 
rians of the State. The notice reads as follows: 
Notice.— The semi-annual meeting of the New York State Veterinary Medi¬ 
cal Society will be held at the Vanderbilt House, Syracuse, on Thursday, July 
14th, 1892, 10 o’clock a.m. Every qualified veterinarian in New York State 
ought to attend the meetings of this Society and offer his assistance in accom¬ 
plishing the good work it has undertaken for the benefit of the profession 
throughout the whole State. We extend a cordial invitation to every one of you 
to join us in this attempt to elevate the standard of our profession. Several 
papers of interest will be read and offered for discussion. 
N. P. Hinkley, D.V.S., Sec ' y . 
ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 
ACTINOMYCOTIC GLOSSITIS. 
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TREATMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF POTASS. IODIDUM. 
By Mr. Godbille.* 
First observation . September, 23d I was called to visit a 
four-year-old cow, and at once recognized her trouble. The 
tongue was one third larger than normal, hard, and with its 
superior and lateral faces covered with yellowish nodules. 
She salivated profusely ; the intermaxillary space was much 
swollen and oedematous, and prehension of food was difficult, 
as well as mastication; temperature normal. According to 
the owner, the disease had existed for the past ten days. 
The animal was left in the pasture, and the daily adminis¬ 
tration of 12 grammes (about two drachms and a half) iodide 
potassain two doses, in about a pint of water, was prescribed. 
Ten days later the symptoms were much improved ; sali- 
*Extracts from Professor Nocard’s paper before the Soc. Cent . de Med. Vet. 
