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the remarks that had been made and congratulated the essay¬ 
ist upon the excellence of the paper which he had presented to 
the meeting. He had seen the first outbreak of hog cholera in 
Manitoba, 26 years ago. He was then acting for the Dominion 
Government. The outbreak occurred in a piggery in Kildonan, 
where the owner had 350 hogs kept under the most filthy condi¬ 
tions imaginable. The food on which these animals subsisted 
was of the most horrible kind that can be imagined, even night- 
soil being included. The owner was unwilling to do anything, 
and the outbreak finally resulted in his losing all of his pigs 
but fifty. Ulceration of the bowels was the chief lesion. This 
was a very important question to Manitoba, and veterinarians 
cannot be too well informed thereon. He had much pleasure 
in moving a vote of thanks to Dr. McGilvray. 
Dr. Martin seconded the motion and asked whether the De¬ 
partment advocated the use of serum. 
Dr. McGilvray replied that the Department does not advise 
the use of serum. This is a matter of policy—the slaughter of 
hog cholera cases was decided upon as the best policy for Can¬ 
ada, as the outbreaks were not widespread and were confined to 
certain limits. Serum is used largely in the United States as 
a palliative and preventative measure. 
Dr. I. B. Irwin of Stonewall reported an interesting case 
regarding a cow which developed at intervals a very peculiar 
chain of symptoms, indicating some peculiar condition affecting 
the central nervous system. During attacks the animal would 
walk around in a circle, and in the intervals between the attacks 
appeared to be perfectly normal. The cow made a recovery. 
In the discussion which ensued, the members present sug¬ 
gested various possible causes. Dr. Coxe was of the opinion 
that it might have been a case of strychnine p.oisoning. Dr. 
Martin suggested that it might have been caused by indigestion, 
the symptoms developing from toxins produced by decomposing 
ingesta. 
Dr. Leslie had seen a similar case in a horse. Poisoned 
wheat had been distributed round a field for poisoning gophers, 
and the horse had eaten some of this. This horse had spasms 
every hour for about twelve hours and finally died. 
Dr. Lee had seen a similar case in a cow, but in this case it 
was strychnine poisoning. Spasms occurred about an hour apart 
and the cow finally recovered. 
Dr. Torrance congratulated the essayist upon the way in 
