SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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MISSOURI VALLEY VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCI¬ 
ATION.. 
With an unprecedented attendance and more than the usual 
enthusiasm the semi-annual meeting of the Missouri Valley Vet¬ 
erinary Medical Association, at Kansas City, January 30 to Feb¬ 
ruary 2, inclusive, was the most fruitful in the history of the or¬ 
ganization. Interest centered around the discussion of the so- 
called cornstalk disease, the production, marketing and use of 
anti-hog-cholera serum and the demonstrations of the intra- 
dermal and ophthalmic tests. Following is the program, which 
was carried out in full: 
Tuesday, January 30, at the Coates House, at 10 a. m.— 
“ Several Cases on the Same Farm,” Dr. J. H. MacCartney, of 
Joplin, Mo.; “ Arecoline Hydrobromide,” Dr. J. Harvey Slater, 
of Richmond, Mo.; “ Choice of Cathartics in Equine Practice,” 
Dr. H. Jensen, of Kansas City, Mo.; “ Colic Cases Which Proved 
Fatal,”' Dr. W. H. Spencer, of Yates Center, Kan.; “ Elimina¬ 
tion,” Dr. Herbert F. Palmer, of Chicago, Ill.; “ The Relation of 
the Laboratory Man and the Practitioner,” Dr. C. E. Salsbery, of 
Kansas City, Mo. At the Kansas City Veterinary College, at 
8.00 p. m.—Reception by the Kansas City Veterinary College 
Medical Association. 
Wednesday, January 31, at the Coates House, 9.00 a. m.— 
“ The Embryologic Explanation of Some Common Malforma¬ 
tions,” Dr. R. F. Bourne, of Kansas City, Mo. (discussed by Dr. 
A. T. Kinsley, of Kansas City, Mo.) ; “ Forage Poisoning, Prof. 
Thomas P. Haslam, of Manhattan, Kan. (discussed by Dr. A. T. 
Kinsley, of Kansas City, Mo., and Dr. J. S. Anderson, of Seward, 
Neb.) ; “ Cornstalk Disease of the Horse,” Dr. J. C. Humphreys, 
of Laredo, Mo.; “ Report of Cases,” Dr. W. B. Welch, Marshall, 
Mo.; “ Report of Cases,” Dr. H. Bradley, Windsor, Mo. At 7.00 
p. m. at the Coates House.—The annual dinner; “ Sanitary In¬ 
spection of Kitchens and Food Storage in Restaurants and Ho¬ 
tels,” Dr. H. DeLamater, Deputy Health Commissioner of Kan¬ 
sas City; “ Weights and Measures in Relation to Sanitary In¬ 
spection Service,” Mr. Alban G. Compton, Inspector of Weights 
and Measures of Kansas City; brief talks were made by Dr. R. 
C. Moore, of Kansas City; Dr. M. H. Reynolds, of St. Paul, 
Minn.; Dr. J. C. Robertson, of Chicago, Ill., and Dr. W. H. Din- 
widdie, of Fayetteville, Ark. 
Thursday, February 1, at the Kansas City Veterinary College, 
