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Notwithstanding this treatment, carefully followed, the 
diseased process continued to increase. At four different 
times, new incisions and counter openings were made; por¬ 
tions of the ligamentum nerchge were removed; and drainage 
tubes were used, and yet the necrosis continued to extend. 
It was then that a system of continued irrigation was 
started, and a stream of warm water, regulated at will, was 
directed on the wound. At first the liquid filled up the gap 
of the wound, but it soon began to overflow, carrying with it 
the pus and other diseased structures, and two days after the 
entire surface was covered with healthy granulations. After a 
few days the irrigation was discontinued, and the animal re¬ 
covered in a short time .—Berliner ThierarztlicheWocheuschrif't. 
THE APPLICATION OF KOCH’S METHOD IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND 
TREATMENT OF GLANDERS. 
Recently German veterinary journals brought the news 
that Prof. Kalning, of the Veterinary* Institute in Dorpat 
(Russia), succeeded in preparing a fluid from cultures of the 
glanders-bacillus, according to the preparation of Koch’s 
tuberculine. He named the fluid mallein , and reported that 
its injection produced a marked rise in temperature in horses 
diseased with glanders, a reaction which did not occur in 
healthy horses. He concluded that he had found a diagnostic 
agent for the differential diagnosis of glanders. 
Now comes the sad news that Prof. Kalning infected him¬ 
self in these experiments, and died of septicaemia. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS, 
MASSACHUSETTS VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
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The regular meeting of the Massachusetts Veterinary Association was held 
at 19 Boylston Place, Boston, Wednesday evening, May 27, 1891. President 
L. H. Howard in the chair. 
Members present: Drs. Billings, Blackwood, Emerson, Hadcock, Hitchings, 
Howard, Lee, Skally, Winchester, Winslow, and the Secretary. Honorary mem¬ 
ber, Dr. Stickney. Visitors : Dr. F. M. Perry and Mr. Andrew Ward. 
Minutes of tbe previous meeting read and accepted. 
The secretary was instructed to look up the attendance of members during 
the past year, in order to decide who is to receive the rasp offered as a prize by 
Dr. Lee for the best attendance. 
