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from which he drew thirty gallons of aquaeous fluid, giving relief 
from apparent distress with no foetus present. 
There being no further business to come before the meeting 
it was adjourned to August 1st, 1894. 
G. Ed. Leech, Secretary. 
WESTERN IOWA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The eleventh quarterly meeting of Western Iowa Veterinary 
Medical Association was held in the office of the President, Dr. 
G. C. Johnson, Sioux City, la., Tuesday evening April 10th, 1894. 
Although the attendance was small, interest was not lacking 
among the members present. 
Among other matters considered under the head of routine 
business, the c®mmittee on legislation reported the failure of the 
committee on legislation of the State Association to secure the 
passage of its bill, or the one introduced by representative Sawyer. 
It was the opinion of the committee that two factions entered 
into the defeat of the bill. The first was the failure of the State 
Association Committee to have a meeting at Des Moines while 
the legislature was in session, and secondly to the indifference of 
many members of the profession throughout the State. 
The committee urged a better attendance of the association 
meeting and a more united effort in the future. 
The discussion following this report was quite lengthy and 
animated. 
It was decided that the assessment of $1.00 from each mem¬ 
ber of the association, declared at the last meeting, January 31st, 
1894, to defray expense of the legislative committee, and not 
used, should be turned into the treasury for future use, and that 
all members who had not paid same, he was to notify to do so at 
once. 
Under head of papers, report of cases, etc., Dr. F. P. Gaunt, 
of Akron, la., reported two cases of cystic obstruction. 
In the first case the Dr. operated as follows : Injected cocaine 
at the ischial arch of the urethra, then passed a catheler, cut 
down on some and then withdrew it, and by means a placenta 
