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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Both of the papers on meat inspection were very generally 
discussed, with much profit. 
At the morning session, on the 16th, about thirty members 
were present. Dr. W. B. Niles, of the Veterinary Department, 
Iowa Agricultural and Mechanical College, read a paper on 
“ Milk and Dairy Inspection.” This was illustrated by showing 
views of some of the bacteria which find their way into milk, 
and also of two tuberculous cows apparently (judging by their 
appearance) in the best of health. 
In this paper the inspection of milk as carried out in Iowa 
was described, and reasons given why a more careful and ex¬ 
tended inspection should be made, together with what, in the 
opinion of the writer, this should consist of. On account of its 
importance the subject of tuberculosis was given prominence, 
and the results of personal work with the tuberculin test was 
given. 
After a general discussion of the paper on Milk and Dairy 
Inspection, Dr. J. Miller, of Ottumna, read an interesting paper 
on “ Diseases of the Liver—Symptoms and Treatment.” 
In this paper the writer described concisely a number of cases 
of liver disease coming under his observation during several 
years’ practice ; symptoms and treatment were made prominent. 
Quite a discussion followed, some thinking that if Dr. Miller 
had diagnosed his cases correctly they had overlooked the dis¬ 
ease in their own practice. 
In a paper on “Flatulent Colic, and Treatment with Trochar 
and Canula,” Dr. Austin, of Newton, Iowa, described the prev¬ 
alence of the colic through the rectal wall. Cases were men¬ 
tioned where efforts to relieve by puncturing through the flank 
failed to relieve, but relief was quickly afforded by rectal 
puncture. 
Discussion brought out the fact that repeated puncturing 
through the flank was not necessarily serious, and that abscesses 
did not often occur if instruments were sterilized before using. 
Dr. A. B. Morse, of Des Moines, described as “an interest¬ 
ing experiment ” a case in which strong haltness caused by 
