SOCIETY MEETINGS 
87 
After the roll-call, reading and adoption of the minutes of 
the previous meeting the report of the Experiment Committee 
was received. Mr. Dell then called the attention of the society 
to the fact that while reports of these meetings were furnished 
the local newspapers, the reporting committee had, owing to 
pressure of other work, been unable to furnish the various jour¬ 
nals with reports, and suggested that typewritten reports be sent 
to the veterinary journals. 
The president expressed himself in favor of sending reports 
of original work, experimental or otherwise, to the journals. It 
would prove a stimulus to the essayists to do more work of this 
nature. It was decided to leave this to be carried out by the 
reporting committee. 
Mr. C. H. Zink presented the asssociation with the details of 
an operation for the removal of a tumor from the vagina of an 
aged cocker spaniel bitch, the latter and also the tumor being 
exhibited to the members alter the paper had been read. 
Dr. Adamihad microscopically examined the tumor and found 
it to be of myosarcomatous nature, evidently originating from 
the muscular tissue of the uterus. 
These tumors are frequent in the human subject, and may 
develop in three ways, viz : Under the serous coat (sub-serous), 
in the \iterine wall (intra-mural), or under the mucous coat (sub¬ 
mucous). 
The doctor illustrated his remarks in a very instructive man¬ 
ner by blackboard diagrams. 
Mr. J. C. Hargrave read a paper on “Canine Distemper,” 
presenting a resume of the history, nature, causes, symptoms 
complications and treatment of this disease, special reference 
being made to the work of Mr. Everett Millais, who claims to 
have discovered the specific germ of the disease and produced 
immunity by inoculation. 
A short discussion followed, Dr. Adami stating that the work 
of Mr. Millais had not been confirmed by recent observations, 
and that the germ of distemper still remains undiscovered. He 
pointed out that Dr. Cecil French working in his laboratory last 
