SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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PRECI’S DE MICROBIE MEDICALE ET YETERINAIRE.—(Treatise of 
Medical and Veterinary Microby).—By L. H. Thonion and E. J. Masselin.— 
(G. Masson, Paris). 
This is one of the most practical and complete books for 
the study of bacteriolgy. The first part treats of the general 
technic, with a great luxury of details and plates. The second 
part relates to the study of the various diseases : ist, those 
common to man and animals (bacteridian, anthrax, tuberculo¬ 
sis, glanders, septicemia, actinomycosis, suppuration) ; 2d, 
those special to animals (bacterius anthrax, chicken cholera, 
rouget, farcy) ; 3d, those special to man, (cholera, typhoid 
fever, leprosy, diphtheria, pneumonia). The book is strictly 
practical and scientific, and an excellent addition to the im¬ 
portant branch of pathology to which it is devoted. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Special Notice. 
The annual meeting of the United States Veterinary Medical Association 
convening September 16, 1890, will be held in Chicago, Illinois. The committee 
of arrangements are Drs. Huidekoper, Wray and Hoskins. 
W. Horace Hoskins, Secretary. 
ILLINOIS STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association held its regular semi-an¬ 
nual meeting at the National House, Peoria, Thursday, February 20, 1890. 
The following members were present: J. A. Calder, C. E. Hollingsworth, 
James McClintock, J. T. Nattress, J. F. Pease, H. G. Pyle, J. D. Robinson, J. 
F. Reid, John Scott, R. W. Story, H. A. White, W. L. Williams, H. Thompson, 
S. H. Kingery and A. G. Alverson. 
Order was called at 11 a.m., President Williams in the chair. 
After the roll call and reading of the minutes, the following were proposed 
for membership and unanimously elected: J. D. Rutherford, Ontario, ’87, Rock 
Island; S. V. Ramsey, Chicago, ’89, Tuscola; W. A. Smith, Chicago, ’89, 
Sparland. 
The Treasurer’s report was read and approved. 
Dr. Kingery reported quite fully on a case of coal-oil poisoning. (See origi¬ 
nal articles in this number). 
Discussion. —Dr. Williams suggested that similar symptoms might have 
been produced from strangling in drenching. Dr. Nattress has seen ill effects 
from the too free application of the oil to the surface, to kill lice. Might not 
this be from interference with the functions of the skin ? 
