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gen, has succeeded in producing a substance, Mallein, whicl 
possesses toward Farcy the same properties that tuberculii 
does as regards tuberculosis. It was tried on 14 horses 
Two of them were manifestly glandered ; to two others, whc 
had been in immediate contact with them, but who had no 
as yet shown any sign of glanders, injections of mallein wen 
given; at the end of 24 hours there was a very marked reac 
tion. The autopsy showed glanders of the lungs. 
To the ten remaining horses the liquid was also injected 
but no reaction followed. 
Bang withholds further particulars until more researche; 
have been made. (Letter to E. Besner. Annales de Derm 
et de Syph. May, 1892.) 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
KEYSTONE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The regular monthly meeting of the Keystone Veterinar) 
Medical Association was held at Philadelphia, September 13 
1892. Meeting called to order by the President, Dr. W 
Horace Hoskins. Minutes of June meeting were read anc 
approved. The Treasurer reported $14.14 in treasury, with 
$70 due from members. The Secretary reported that the at 
tendance of members during the year was up to the average 
of previous years. There was good work done by the As 
sociation; some excellent papers, as well as a great number 
of cases cited, that were instructive. The President made 
some very pertinent remarks regarding our duty to our As¬ 
sociation, to our profession, and to one another. They were 
to the point and appreciated. 
Dr. G. Webster read a paper on “ Abortion,” as follows: 
Synonyms: Slipping, dropping, slinking. When pregnancy 
is interrupted by the expulsion of the ovum or foetus, before 
it has attained sufficient development to live external to its 
parent, abortion is said to occur; but when the foetus is ex¬ 
pelled before the ordinary period, yet with the organs suffi¬ 
ciently developed to live for at least a time, premature birth 
