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first being preparatory for the second, which is injected ten 
or twelve days after. The primary inoculation of the herd 
took place on Sept. 6th, the second upon Sept. 18th, with the 
result that only one animal died upon the fifth day following 
the first inoculation, since which time the herd had remained 
perfectly healthy in the face of the greatest possible danger 
of infection from the surroundings, which could not be altered. 
The only noticeable effect of the remedy upon the animals is 
a distinct rise of temperature, which invariably manifests it¬ 
self within a few hours, reaching in some cases to 106 deg. F. 
and subsiding again in the majority of cases in three days, 
but in some cases extending to the seventh day. 
The death of the one animal could not be attributed to 
any untoward effect of the agent, but only substantiates the 
claim for the antitoxin, namely, that the first injection is in- 
, tended only to prepare the system to withstand the shock of 
the second, He described the routine of the process by 
which a sufficient degree of attenuation is reached. The 
amount of antitoxin used in each case was .25 c.c. The pre¬ 
paratory inoculation was made behind the right elbow ; the 
second, or truly immunizing one, in the corresponding locality 
on the opposite side. During the treatment the animal is not 
necessarily subjected to any change, either in diet or sur¬ 
roundings ; the only indication of its activity being the ther¬ 
mometric readings. He also pointed out the necessity of us¬ 
ing a microscope in distinguishing between anthrax proper 
and symptomatic anthrax, or “ black leg.” Furthermore, he 
pointed out that as anthrax proper and symptomatic anthrax 
are two distinct diseases depending upon germs of truly dif¬ 
ferent biological and morphological attributes, the use of an¬ 
thrax antitoxin would be obviously an error in symptomatic 
anthrax. 
Mr. James E. Craik read a carefully prepared paper on 
parturient apoplexy in a cow, giving the results of his experi¬ 
ence with the disease. Most of the members were of the 
opinion that the nervous symptoms were the result of one or 
more toxines in the blood. Several members described their 
•method of treatment the success of which, in most cases, be- 
