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medication or in spite of medication, so it will require many 
recoveries under any special line of treatment to establish the 
efficacy of that especial plan.” 
Dr. Brown: I will say that 1 have tried the ergot treat¬ 
ment advocated by Dr. Platt and my cases died. I do not 
think that purgation has saved any cases for me. Dr. Cos¬ 
well, of Lincold, claims to save a large per cent, of his cases 
by a mixture of fl. ext. pulsatilla and fl. ext. life root, given 
two drams every two hours. So after getting his prescrip¬ 
tion, I tried it on the first case I was called to and the case 
made an excellent recovery. I was happy. I used it in the 
next case and the cow died. My enthusiasm was now some¬ 
what dampened, but I determined to give the remedy a 
thorough trial and used it on the succeeding six or eight 
cases with fatal results. I have yet to find a plan of treat¬ 
ment which I can recommend to my brother practitioners as 
a sure thing, but think the plan as outlined in my paper will 
yield the best results. 
The Committee on Legislation reported as follows : 
Gentlemen : Your Committee on Legislation reports as follows : 
Upon consideration of the opinions expressed by the members of this Associ¬ 
ation at our last annual meeting, we recommend that measures be taken towards 
procuring the enactment of a law such as will effectually prevent the use of the 
titles pertaining to veterinary science by all persons unless they are graduates of 
some legally chartered or incorporated veterinary college or university; or who 
are willing to pass an examination before a Board of Examiners, in order to 
demonstrate the fact that they are competent to assume such title. 
Two bills have been drafted npon the foregoing plan, which we respectfully 
submit for your consideration 
We further recommend that this Association be incorporated under the laws 
of the State of Iowa, as a society having for its object the advancement of mat¬ 
ters pertaining to veterinary science. 
Articles of incorperation have been drawn up by the Committee, and the 
same are herewith submitted. 
Louis A. Thomas, 
G. A. Johnson, 
Committee on Legislation. 
Dr. Gr. A. Johnson: I will say that one of the bills voices 
the ideas of the Western Iowa Association. I am in favor of 
endeavoring to secure the enactment of a desirable law, and 
these bills are presented as outlines intended to bring out your 
ideas in discussion. 
