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transit, anI several of them had died. A post-mortem examination revealed dis¬ 
ease of the respiratory organs only, viz., a congestion of the lungs and bronchia, 
and he diagnosed the disease an infectious broncho-pneumonia, the exciting cause 
being exposure in transit. These cases had been said to be, by some one who 
had previously examined them, Texas fever, but in his opinion they ^vere cases 
similar to the ones described by Dr. Peters in his paper. The animals affected 
were shut up with Jerseys, and if the newcomers had Texas fever, in all 
probability it would have appeared among the Jerseys, which, however, did not 
happen. 
Dr. Winchester said that the essayist had spoken of the disease as infectious , 
but was it not enzootic, or miasmatic? Has not every specific disease a germ, 
and could he not take the germ of equine pneumonia and cultivate it ? 
Dr. Marshall said he thought the entire cause might be the climatic con¬ 
ditions. 
Dr. Winchester said the Cattle Commissioners of Vermont had lately called 
on the Massachusetts Board with specimens of this lung disease, thinking they 
had an outbreak of contagious pleuro-pneumonia. Their cases had been exam¬ 
ined by the same parties who had previously pronounced the cases investigated 
by Dr. Peters in Hew Hampshire to be contagious pleuro-pneumonia. The 
hepatized portions of the lung in these cases seem to be different from ordinary 
hepatization, in that they won’t sink in water. The mortality is about 50 
per cent. 
At the conclusion of the discussion, on motion of Dr. Howard, a unanimous 
vote of thanks was tendered Dr. Peters. 
Adjourned to October 26th, Wm. H. Hutchings, D.V.S., being appointed 
essayist for that meeting. 
L. H. Howard, Secretary. 
NEW JERSEY STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The New Jersey State Veterinary Society met in convention at the United 
States Hotel, in the city of Newark, N. J., on Thursday, October 27th, with Dr. 
J. C. Corlies in the chair. 
Although as now incorporated the membership consists exclusively of gradu¬ 
ates of chartered veterinary colleges, yet the attendance was larger than at some 
of the meetings of the old Association, which admitted both graduates and non¬ 
graduates to membership, thus showing that the veterinary profession of New 
Jersey recognizes the imperative necessity of a complete emancipation from 
quackery and its associations. 
The minutes of the reorganization meeting were read by the Secretary and 
adopted. 
The Secretary presented a certified copy of the certificate of incorporation, 
which he had received from the Hon. Henry C. Kelsey, Secretary of State, 
at Trenton. 
Appropriate resolutions were passed in the matter of the death of Dr. Ed¬ 
mund Chambon, of Jersey City, one of the men who assisted in the establish¬ 
ment of the Association on its present basis. Dr. Chambon stood high in the 
