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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Clinic at 9.00 a. m.—“ Hog Cholera,’’ Dr. F. W. Hueben, of Kan¬ 
sas City, Kan.; “ Demonstrations of Lesions of Hog Cholera and 
Other Swine Diseases,” Dr. A. T. Kinsley, of Kansas'City, Mo. 
( discussed by Dr. M. H. Reynolds, of St. Paul, Minn.; Dr. A. T. 
Peters, of Springfield, Ill.; Dr. J. I. Gibson, of Des Moines, la., 
and Dr. J. W. Connoway, of Columbia, Mo.); “ Intradermal Tu¬ 
berculin Testing,” Dr. D. F. Luckey, of Columbia, Mo. (dis¬ 
cussed by Dr. L. D. Brown, of Hamilton, Mo.; Dr. G. Ed. Leech, 
of Winona, Minn.; Dr. H. C. Tuck, of Morrisville, Mo., and Dr. 
G. C. Babb, of Topeka, Kan.). Lunch was served in the college 
building at noon to veterinarians and lady visitors. Veterinarians 
and ladies enjoyed a theatre performance at the Orpheum Theatre 
at 8.00 p. m. 
February 2, at Swift & Co.’s Plant.—Forty head of cattle, 
which had been given the intradermal test, and fifty-eight head 
which had been given the ophthalmic test were slaughtered and 
post-mortem examination made. 
The chief paper presented on Wednesday was that of Prof. 
Thomas P. Haslam, pathologist of the experiment station at 
Manhattan, Kan., on “ Forage Poisoning.” Professor Haslam 
advanced the theory that the so-called cornstalk disease is caused 
by a mould, but that the mould became pathogenic only when the 
foodstufif upon which it appears contained certain chemic sub¬ 
stances. Numerous experiments conducted by the Kansas experi¬ 
ment station were offered in support of the theory. Dr. A. T. 
Kinsley, pathologist of the Kansas City Veterinary College, sup¬ 
ported the theory of Professor Haslam, citing the relation of the 
pneumococcus to pneumonia as analogous. That there was wide¬ 
spread interest in the topic was evident from the fact that the dis¬ 
cussion of it extended over the greater part of the day. 
In his address at the dinner on Wednesday evening Dr. De- 
Lamater made some flattering references to the work of the vet¬ 
erinarians in his department, and called attention to the fact that 
none of the cities is willing to pay enough salary to secure the 
best men in the health departments. 
The clinic in the Kansas City Veterinary College amphithe¬ 
atre on Thursday proved to be highly interesting. Dr. F. W. 
Hueben’s paper on hog cholera, with the subsequent demonstra^ 
tions of cholera lesions, drew out a comprehensive discussion of 
serum therapy. Dr. H. M. Reynolds, dean of the veterinary 
department of the University of Minnesota, presented some very 
