SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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of the lung, often attain the size of a man’s head; if they 
approach the pleura or pericardium, pleuritis or pericarditis 
exudates and lesions are found. The subcutaneous con¬ 
nective tissue in the region of the neck is infiltrated with 
serum, also the mucous membranes of the mouth, oesophagus 
and larynx. Contents of the alimentary tract are often 
bloody; spleen normal; kidney tubules haemorrhagic; uterus 
shows an oedematous swelling between the chorion and allan¬ 
tois coats. 
The microscope reveals lesions of interstitial pneumonia and 
blood extravasation into the alveoli. The microbe cultivated 
in serum, milk and gelatin is inoculable in horses, pigs, guinea- 
pigs, rabbits, hens and doves. 
Prof. G. includes this disease in the list of haemorrhagic 
septicaemias. All curative efforts in checking the course of 
the disease were fruitless. Isolation, disinfection of infected 
stalls, killing of diseased animals, offer only a means of local¬ 
izing or eradicating the scourge.— Oest . Monatsch. fur Thier . 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
CALIFORNIA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The annual meeting of the California State Veterinary 
Medical Association was held in the lecture-rooms of the 
California Veterinary College, San Francisco, on December, 
nth, 1895. 
The meeting was called to order at 2 o’clock P.M., by the 
Secretary, Dr. R. A. Archibald, who stated that as the Presi¬ 
dent and Vice-President were both unavoidably absent, it 
would be necessary to elect a President pro. tem. 
Dr. H. A. Spencer, of San Jose, was unanimously chosen 
as President pro. tem. 
The roll was called and the following members responded : 
Professors Skaife and Egan, Drs. Archibald, Spencer, Sr., 
Spencer, Jr., Pierce, Fabbi, Forrest, Maclay, Jackson, Ho- 
garty and Williams. Visitors: Professors Steers and Cun¬ 
ningham and the students of the California Veterinary College. 
