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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Dr. Bryden spoke of a case of rabies in a horse belonging to a client of liis at 
Weymouth, which he was called to see several years ago. 
Dr. Ernst then explained the principles of protective inoculation as employed 
by Pasteur, and described the difference between the old method at first used, 
and the intensive method which is the one resorted to now. He also said that 
Pasteur had probably not lost any cases that he began on in time, and that he 
had never had a case of blood poisoning resulting from inoculations against 
rabies. 
Dr. Ernst and Dr. Saunders then discussed the question of the spontaneity 
of rabies, in which Dr. Ernst did not believe. 
Dr. Winchester moved that a vote of thanks be given Dr. Ernst for attend¬ 
ing and taking part in the discussion. Seconded and carried. 
The following cases were then reported by Dr. Winchester. A case of cya¬ 
nosis in a foal, the foal dying after violent exertion when a few days old and 
the foramen ovale between the auricles being found perforate upon post-mortem 
examination. Specimen shown. 
Dr. Stickney : A case in a yearling colt castrated this spring. A few days 
after the operation the end of the cord was noticed hanging through the incision 
in the scrotum, two or three inches being visible; it gradually lengthened un¬ 
til it reached his hocks, and when colt was thrown to cut cord off a second time 
it became easily detached by manipulation, and a piece fifteen or eighteen inches 
came away. The colt afterwards made a good recovery. Specimen shown in 
alcohol. 
Dr. Peters : A case of fracture of the skull in a horse. The horse, eight or 
nine years old, sorrel gelding, was turned into a lane leading to a pasture; he 
ran down the lane and finding the bars up turned and ran back towards the barn. 
He fell in some way striking his forehead with great force against a tree, causing 
an incomplete fracture of the skull near the junction of the frontal and parietal 
bones, horse dying from concussion of the brain, death being almost instantane¬ 
ous. On post portem examination the thoracic and abdominal viscera were 
healthy. Specimen shown in a fresh state, autopsy having been made but a few 
hours previous. 
Meeting then adjourned. 
Austin Peters, Secretary. 
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATIONS. 
The joint meeting of the Indiana and Illinois Veterinary Medical Associations 
was held in Terre Haute on the evenings of June 4th and 5th with Dr. M. E. 
Knowles, President of the Indiana Association, in the chair. At the opening of 
the meeting the Mayor of Terre Haute gave an address of welcome. 
After the minutes had been read and approved and preliminary business 
disposed of, Dr. W. L. Williams, President of the Illinois Association, read 
a paper on “The Pathology of Azoturia, as suggested by its History and 
Symptoms.” 
In the discussion following the paper, Dr. Ferling inquired of essayist if he 
thought there was an}'predisposition? 
No. 
