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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
The continued session was held on the morning of the 26th, with Dr. 
Knowles, President, in the chair. 
During this part of the meeting there were animated discussions on cases 
presented by the following members on the following subjects : 
Dr. Digg reported a case of Tetanus and one of Paralysis. 
Dr. Thompson reported a case of Traumates Tetanus. 
Dr. Shoemaker reported a case of Locomotor Ataxia. 
Dr. Macaulay reported a case of Phenitis. 
Dr. lnylne reported a case of Poll Evil. 
Dr. Rodger reported a peculiar case of Eczema. 
The meeting then adjourned. H. R. Maoattlay, Sec'y. 
ILLINOIS STATE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The seventh semi-annual meeting took place at Peoria, on February 20th 
The following papers were to be presented, and we hope will be sent to the 
Review for publication: 
Coal Oil Poisoning in the Horse, by Dr. S. Kingery ; Anaesthetics in Veter¬ 
inary Practice, by Dr. T. F. Reid; Sterility in the Mare, by Dr. M. E. Knowles; 
Quackery in the Veterinary Profession, by Dr. L. C. Tiifany; The Action and 
Uses of Stimulants, by Dr. B. B. Page. 
Shocking Death of a Vienna Physician. —Quite a 
gloom has been cast over Vienna medical circles by the death 
of a young pathologist in the General Hospital here. Two 
months ago a patient died in the hospital of glanders caught 
from a horse, and Drs. Rowalski and Hoffmann subjected the 
body to experimental observations. The bacillus of glanders 
was readily discovered, reared, and its behavior closely 
watched. The animals injected with it died of the horrible 
malady. During these observations Dr. Hoffmann caught 
cold, and felt acute pains in his side, to allay which he in¬ 
jected morphia. He did this with the syringe he had used 
during the glanders experiments. Although it had been dis¬ 
infected, some particle of the poison must have still been in 
it, for Dr. Hoffmann grew worse every day, and last week he 
succumbed in horrible agony, his body being covered with 
ulcers, which when examined, proved to be filled with the 
glanders poison .—Medical Press. 
