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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
moved without difficulty and seemingly all right. The next 
day he was down again ; was raised and placed in slings and 
received a laxative, followed by nerve tonics. In twenty-one 
days was sent home with no abatement of the symptoms. 
Was put to work, which he performed satisfactorily, but every 
morning had to be assisted to his feet. Some three months 
after he fell on the pavement, and being unable to rise was 
shot by a policeman. No post mortem was held, but it was 
the consensus of opinion of those present that the difficulty 
in rising was due to anchylosis of some of the vertebrae. 
Mr. John Greer contributed a lengthy but carefully pre¬ 
pared paper on “ Diagnosis and General Symptoms of Disease.” 
A prolonged discussion ensued on the subject of variations 
of the pulse in different animals and in those of the same spe¬ 
cies. 
Dr. D. McEachran addressed the meeting on the subject 
of coughs as symptomatic of disease, with special reference to 
the horse. 
Dr. M. A. Dawes, of the Health Department, followed 
with some good advice to the experiment committee. 
The essayists for the next meeting were then notified, and 
the meeting adjourned. Harri H. Dell, Sec.-Treas . 
A regular meeting of the Montreal Veterinary Medical 
Association, was held in the library on December 5, 1895. 
The president, Dr. M. C. Baker, occupying the chair. The 
roll-call showed a good attendance of members and visitors. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
A report was received from the experimental committee 
on some experiments with pilocarpine and eserine, the combi¬ 
nation not having proven satisfactory in the cases under ob¬ 
servation. 
Mr. Chas. H. Higgins, B.S., presented a paper on “ Bac¬ 
teriology and its Practical Applications.” He gave an ex¬ 
tended historical resume of the development of bacteriolog¬ 
ical science, which development was largely due to the dis¬ 
covery and subsequent improvement of the microscope. The 
theories of immunity advanced by various investigators were 
each in turn enumerated and the fallacies of several were 
clearly demonstrated. Many interesting topics arose out of 
the discussion which followed, among them being inspection 
of milk and the propagation of tuberculosis; tuberculin and 
mallein, and the dosage of each. 
Mr. John Greer reported a case of “ Septic Aspiration 
Pneumonia” in a cow. The first symptom noticed was dimin- 
