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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
A. Spencer, of San Jose, to his feet with an excellent and in¬ 
structive paper on “ Gastro-hysterotomy.” The essayist gave 
the history of the operation, the origin of which dated back 
before Christ. He then went on to describe the operation in 
detail as operated by him on a bitch. He also described his 
after treatment, etc. The President then declared discussion 
to be in order. Dr. Maclay arose and complimented the essay¬ 
ist on the successful issue of the operation. Drs. Fox, Spen¬ 
cer, Jr., and the Secretary also joined the discussion and gave 
their views on the subject. The discussion was followed by 
a few well chosen remarks by the President. 
The Secretary was then called upon to entertain the meet¬ 
ing, which he endeavored to do by reading a few notes on an 
operation witnessed by him. The operation was the extirpa¬ 
tion of a tubo-ovarian cyst. The essayist described the oper¬ 
ation as seen by him, giving the after treatment, etc., also 
giving a short treatise on the cause of the lesion. The paper 
was followed by a discussion which was participated in by 
most of the members present. 
The Secretary then brought up a subject upon which he 
desired to obtain the views of the members. The matter was 
the treatment of sores which jacks and mules are much sub¬ 
ject to. He described a case in a two-year-old thoroughbred 
colt which he was at that time treating. He gave the meth¬ 
ods and treatment which he had applied to said case, with 
results. Dr. A. Robin favored the use of ung. hyd. nit. Dr. 
A. S. Williams said that he had had considerable experience 
with the subject under discussion, and that the most beneficial 
treatment he had found was ung. hyd. nit. Dr. Spencer, Jr., 
uses phytolacca both internally and externally. Dr. Spen¬ 
cer, Sr., claimed to have good results with a paste composed 
of zinc. chi. sanguinaria and flour. Dr. Wadams uses the 
actual cautery, followed by iodoform. Dr. Orvis said he 
never had much success with the disease, but he favored the 
actual cautery followed by astringents. The Secretary said 
that he always advised his clients who were unfortunate 
enough to possess a jack affected with these sores, to put them 
