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proved in carrying out the plan laid down in the programme, 
viz. : the reading of the papers of Dr. Salmon, on Bacteri- 
ology; of Professor A. Liautard, on Veterinary Jurisprudence; 
of Professor R. S. Huidekoper, on Contraction of the Horse’s 
Foot. Papers were also presented by Dr. G. Berns, of Brook¬ 
lyn, N. Y., J. C. Myers, Sr., of Cincinnati, O., Professor 
O. Schwartzkopf, of Minnesota, and others. The interest 
in the paper of Dr. Salmon was considerably increased 
by the magnificent illustrations presented by the author, 
consisting of a number of slides exhibiting microscopic pre¬ 
parations of hog cholera and'Texas, fever, shown through 
the stereopticon. The preparations were generally in good 
condition, and the points they illustrated, especially those in 
the pathology of Texas fever, were most interesting, as open¬ 
ing a new sphere in the researches of this bovine affection. 
All the papers were followed by more or less discussion, 
and the meeting adjourned at the call of the Secretary, to 
meet on the third Thursday of September next. 
In the evening sixty members partook of a magnificent 
banquet at the Palmer House, which apparently, no one failed 
to enjoy, not only in respect to the gastronomic quality of the 
good things served, but with an added zest derived from the 
evidence of the harmony which had characterized the meet¬ 
ing, and the renewal of the good fellowship firmly established 
between the veterinarians of the United States. 
In closing this concise report, to which we will have occa¬ 
sion to add hereafter, we feel it to be our duty to express to 
those of our friends who failed to attend the meeting, our re¬ 
gret that their absence had deprived us of the great antici¬ 
pated pleasure of taking them once more by the hand, but at 
the same time will proffer them a word of consolation, in case 
they should feel over sorry for their mistake in staying at 
home, by simply saying that this meeting was the largest, the 
most interesting and most satisfactory on all accounts, of any 
yet held by the Association, and was also so far unique in its 
proceedings, that no proposal zvas offered for the alteration of 
the By-Lazvs! 
“ For Alma Mater’s Sake.” In our last two issues, under 
