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blood; a preparation made from blood before the death of the 
animal, showing double germs of diamond shape, found in Texas 
fever and malaria; a preparation made from the kidney of an af¬ 
fected animal; a preparation from the kidney of an affected ani¬ 
mal, showing the same thing with larger germs, and showing 
where the germs are to be found; a preparation made from the 
spleen, which showed about the same as the last illustration; a 
preparation made from the spleen, from a different animal; an af¬ 
fected blood corpuscle, showing the different forms of germs with 
two pear-shaped parasites in it. 
Dr. Salmon also exhibited views of several places where the 
Board had had difficulty in ridding the locality of pleuro pneu¬ 
monia, showing adjacent pools of stagnant water, dilapidated 
buildings in Brooklyn in some cases where the pool of water had 
its course under the buildings. Pleuro-pneumonia could only be 
obliterated in such a case by the utter destruction of the buildings? 
the digging up of the ground, and a thorough disinfection of the 
soil. 
President Huidekoper: I think, gentlemen, you will all agree 
that Dr. Salmon’s paper is too important to be discussed hastily, 
and therefore a motion to adjourn will be in order. 
On motion, duly seconded, the Association adjourned to meet 
at 1:30 p.m. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
Tbe meeting was called to order with President Huidekoper 
in the Chair. 
.Vice-President Williams took the Chair and Dr. Huidekoper 
read the following paper: 
CONTRACTION OF THE HORSE’S FOOT. 
By Rush Shippen Huidekoper, M.D., Veterinarian. 
Syn.— Zwanghuf, German; Encastelure, French; Incastellatura, Italian; Enca- 
tenadura, Spanish; Hoof-bound; Contracted Heels, English. 
The aphorism of “no foot, no horse,” has been used for years in such a gen¬ 
eral way, conveying so many varied ideas to the hearer, that it has become sen¬ 
tentious for the veterinarian to use it to the outside world; it is too accustomed 
to its daily reiteration from quack farriers and conceited horsemen who have per¬ 
sonal theories, each of their own, which, having been derived from some dis- 
