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Moved by Dr. Marshall, and seconded by Dr. Becket, that 
the essayist be given a vote of thanks. Carried. 
Meeting then adjourned. 
Austin Peters, Secretary . 
KEYSTONE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
I he regular meeting of the Keystone Veterinary Associ¬ 
ation was held at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
Thii teenth and Locusts Streets, Philadelphia. November 7th 
1891. ' ’ 
Meeting called to order by the President, Dr. W. Horace 
Hoskins. 
The following members answered the roll call: Drs. W. 
B. E. Miller, H. P. Eves, Chas. T. Goentner, Alex Glass, W. 
H. Hoskins, J. B. Rayner, W. S. Kooker, Chas. M. Cullen 
R. G. Webster and W. B. Werntz. 
Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. 
The President appointed Drs. Eves, Rayner, Miller and 
Goentner to fill vacancies caused by absence in the Board of 
1 rustees. A recess of fifteen minutes was taken. Upon re¬ 
convening the Board of Trustees reported adversely upon 
the application of Dr. MacFayden for associate membership; 
and advised the acceptance of the resignation of Dr. M. W. 
Drake. On motion the report of the Board of Trustees was 
accepted. Dr. Glass, the essayist of the evening, read a very 
instructive paper on “Bench Show Distemper in Dogs.” 
Dogs gotten in the veiy pink of condition are sent from 
all parts of the country to the show. After or during the 
latter pait of the show they manifest a disinclination to feed, 
are drowsy, languid, the coat unthrifty in appearance, eyes 
watery, nose dry, pulse rapid, temperature high, with, in some 
instances, cough. These constitute the general symptoms of 
bench show distemper, which is distinguished from the real 
or genuine distemper by the symptoms, in the majority of 
cases, being of a milder form. We have three different con¬ 
ditions resulting from bench show distemper which are of a 
serious nature. First, pneumonia. 2d, the abdominal. 3d, 
the nervous. 
