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peals for the cities of Boston, Baltimore, and Washington, with a letter from Dr. 
Williams, one of the western members of the Committee, and after some discus¬ 
sion a motion was made that we meet in Washington, D. C., which was carried. 
A motion was then made that a committee of three be appointed to com¬ 
plete the necessary arrangements, which was adopted, and the Chair announced 
the names of Dr. Huidekoper, Hoskins, and Dougherty as the committee. 
After the adoption of some other routine matters the meeting adjourned. 
W. Hokace Hoskins. 
Secretary. 
NEW JERSEY STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The semi-annual meeting of the New Jersey State Veterinary Society was 
held in Saenger Hall, City of Newark, on Thursday, February 5,1891. Meeting 
called to order promptly at 2 p. m. , the President, Dr. Loblein, occupying the 
chair. 
On roll-call the following number answered to their names: Drs. Auteureith, 
Corlies, Hopkins, Krowl, Loblein, Lowe, Gacock, Sauter and Sellers. 
Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. It was regularly moved ' 
and seconded that the application of Dr. Dorney be laid on the table—carried. 
Moved and seconded that the Secretary correspond with the Dean of the 
New York Veterinary College and find whether Dr Otto Von Lang is a graduate 
of said College—carried. Dr. Hopkins proposed the following veterinarians for 
membership : Drs. T. H. Ripley, E. R. Ogden, E. C. Batten and W. F. Harrison. 
The applications were referred to the Board of Censors for action. 
Dr. Lowe, on behalf of the United States Veterinary Society, extended to the 
New Jersey State Veterinary Society an invitation to attend their next meeting 
to be held in Washington, D. C., September next. On motion the invitation 
was accepted. On motion the bill presented by the Secretary for printing, post¬ 
age, etc., was ordered paid. The use of sulphate of strychina by hypodermic in¬ 
jection in purpura haemorrhagica was the subject of lengthy remarks by Dr. 
Hopkins of Newark, the Dr. claiming that in one-eighth grain doses he has had 
remarkable success. Before using this treatment his percentage of loss was 
great, but since using strychnia he has cured every case the treatment was used 
on. The Doctor advocates the hypodermic injection of strychnia in one-eighth 
grain doses every four hours, injected into the healthy tissue, and combines, as 
soon as the case will permit, tonics of iron, cinchona, gentian, etc., given by the 
mouth. He stated that cases that were apparently in the last stages of the disease 
were completely cured by his treatment; in cases where the disease was just mak¬ 
ing its appearance, the disease was checked almost immediately. In fact in every 
case that the treatment was used, the patient improved as soon as the treatment 
was commenced. Several cases of luxation of the patella due to phim 
ademtos were reported, causing considerable'discussion. The luxation was con¬ 
sidered to be due to muscular relaxation. The cases being exceedingly rare the 
discussion was of great interest. 
Dr. Krowl gave the symptoms of a very interesting case of melanosis in a 
black mare, the Doctor stating the impossibility of making a correct diagnosis, 
