SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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NORTHEASTERN IOWA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The second meeting of the Northeastern Iowa Veterinai) 
Medical Association was called to order by President Scott 
in the parlors of the Turner House, Independence, la., Jan. 
14, 1892. 
After roll-call the minutes of the previous meeting weie 
read and approved. 
Letters of regret were read from Drs. J. W. Brown, \ .S., 
Oskaloosa; John Tillie, D.V.M., Muscatine; J. E. King, V.S., 
Anamosa; and W. B. Niles, D.V.M., Ames. 
The applications of Drs. Wm. Drink water, V.S., Monticello, 
A. S. Barnes, V.S., Maquoketa, and A. L. Brodie, V.S., Cedar 
Falls, were reported upon favorably by the Board of Cen¬ 
sors and they were elected members. 
The subjects: chronic cough; acute anemia; influenza; 
obstetrical operations, and actinomycosis were discussed at 
length. The discussion on actinomycosis was particularly 
interesting; all the members expressing their firm belief m 
the infectious nature of the disease and that animals so afflicted 
are unfit for human food, and are a source of danger in regard 
to other animals with which they may come in contact, 
that it behooves us as veterinarians and preserveis of the 
public health to discountenance the removal of actinomycotic 
tumors, thereby obliterating a valuable means of diagnosis, 
and also enabling the owner of such animals to dispose of 
them to unsuspecting parties. 
Cases were cited of stockmen who make it a business of 
buying such animals at low prices and employing a veterin¬ 
arian to remove the tumor, afterwards shipping same animals to 
Chicago (where they sell as first-rate steers) or sell them to 
local butchers. All of the above cases were proved to be 
actinomycotic tumors by a microscopic examination. 
Dr. Brodie reported some very mysterious cases occurring 
in horses simulating diphtheria, owing to the foi mation of false 
membranes in the bronchial tubes (some of which membranes 
he exhibited). The President took charge of the specimen, 
promising to have it examined by an expert microscopist and 
report the result at next meeting. 
