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SOCIETY MEETINGS, 
These facts prove* that the duration of the evolution of tuber¬ 
culosis depends on the species and the age of the animal, and 
also on the degree of vitality and of the quantity of the tuber¬ 
culosis virus injected .—Academie des Sciences. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NATIONAL VETERINARY AND SANITARY ASSOCIATION, 
This Association was in session at the Coates House at Kansas City, Mo., 
Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st and 2d. Dr. Jas. Hopkins, 1st Vice-President, was in 
the chair, in lieu of President J. L. Brush, of Colorado, who was absent. 
Members and parties present were: Hon. Norman J. Colman, Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture of the United States, Washington, D.C. ; Dr. D. E. Salmon, 
Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry; Dr. J. D. Hopkins, Territorial Veter¬ 
inarian of Wyoming; Dr. Paul Paquin, State Veterinarian of Missouri; Dr. A. 
A. Holcomb, State Veterinarian of Kansas ; Dr. Julius Gerth, Jr., State Veter¬ 
inarian of Nebraska; Dr. A. J. Chandler, Territorial Veterinarian of Arizona ; 
Dr. Holloway, Territorial Veterinarian of Montana; Dr. M. Stalker, State Vet¬ 
erinarian of Iowa; Dr. W. Williams, Assistant State Veterinarian of Illinois; 
Prof. Morrow, University of Illinois; Dr. T. E. White, Sedalia, Mo. ; Mr. S. 
Hinds, President Sanitary Commission of Michigan ; Mr. Woodburn, Sanitary 
Commissioner of Mich. ; Dr. H. B. Adair, Society Against Cruelty to Animals, 
Kansas City; Dr. Gadsden, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Dr. F. Allen, Emporia, Kans. ; 
Dr. M. D. Lewis, Rockport, Mo. ; A. S. Mercer, Editor Northwestera Live Stock 
Journal , Wyoming ; Mr. Pearson, Chairman Illinois Live Stock Commission ; 
Mr. McChesney, member Illinois Sanitary Commission; F. W. Smith, Missouri 
State Board of Agriculture, etc., etc. 
Letters of regret from the following gentlemen who could not attend were 
presented by the Secretary: Dr. A. Liautard, American Veterinary College; 
Dr. A. H Baker, Chicago Veterinary College; Dr. A. Smith, Ontario Veterinary 
College; Dr. Osier, Pennsylvania University ; Dr. Zuill, Veterinary Department 
Pennsylvania University; Dr. Wesley Mills, of McGill College, Montreal; Dr. 
McIntosh, Illinois University ; Dr. Comstock, New York College of Veterinary 
Surgeons; Dr. Atkinson, Wisconsin; Dr. Bridges, Philadelphia; Dr. Miller, 
Camden, N. J.; Dr. Butler, Ohio; Dr. Robinson, Virginia, and some others. 
The most important business was the discussions on Contagious Pleuro- 
Pneumoni^, Texas Fever, and Maladie du Coit, the latter being, however, but 
slightly touched on, on account of pressure of work. 
The announcement at the Cattlemen’s Convention that the Bureau of Animal 
Industry intended to remove, about December first, all quarantine against Cook 
County, Ill., on the grounds that it was entirely free from any vestige of that dis¬ 
ease (although some cases, it appears, were found not longer ago than two or 
three months), brought about a great deal of discussion. Several members fav¬ 
ored the removal of the quarantine, while many opposed it. The Territorial Vet- 
