9 6 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
pointment as meat and dairy inspectors, and to positions as members on State and 
local boards of health. 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
Neil B. Jones, V.S., Chairman: 
* W. R. Howe, V.S., 
T. B. Hillcok, V.S., 
Committee. 
It was moved by Dr. Gribble, and seconded by Dr. Wight, 
that the report of the committee be adopted, and the sug¬ 
gestions, etc., be endorsed as a series of resolutions emanating 
from this association. Carried. 
Dr. W. F. Davis now read a short essay on “ The Use of the 
Thermo-Cautery, with Especial Reference to Paquin’s Patent,” 
but calling attention to the different methods employed and in¬ 
struments used in “ Firing.” 
A very instructive discussion followed this paper, showing 
again how great minds will differ. Dr. Howe used a storage 
battery which could not be beat, while Dr. Meyers used elec¬ 
tricity conveyed from Edison system, and this was par excellence 
while a number of others had used different methods ; but none 
equalled the old-fashioned firing iron, heated with charcoal or 
in a benzine blaze, for good, substantial, beneficial results. 
Dr. Paul Fischer, of the Ohio University, now entertained 
the members with a very scholarly scientific essay on the disease 
of the eye so-called “ Moon Blindness.” This essay was worthy 
of earnest attention, as it was composed largely of the evidence 
arrived at by continental veterinarians, so that most of us not 
acquainted with French or German could otherwise receive the 
benefit; coupled with the studious attention given the disease 
by the essayist himself. The discussion which followed was a 
long one, during which the essayist ably defended the views 
which he had advocated. 
Prof. H. J. Detmers asked of the chair the privilege to ex¬ 
plain the new Ohio veterinary law, which the profession said he 
was the promoter of. The request being granted, he stated that 
the great difficulties encountered on presenting the original bill 
to the legislature, the hints for money to aid its passage, the 
