SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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Dr. Maclay moved that the meeting- adjourn to meet next 
day at 3 p.m. The motion was seconded by Dr. Fox and 
carried. 
Sacramento, Cal., December 14th, 1893. 
On the above date, at 9 A.M., the members of the California 
State Veterinary Medical Association assembled at the 
Sacramento Veterinary Hospital to witness the operation of 
laryngotomy, demonstrated by Dr. R. A. Archibald. He 
performed the operation after the method described by him 
in his essay. The members were unanimously pleased with 
his manner of operating, and all expressed ,a conviction that 
if the operation was followed by beneficial results it was a 
superior method of operating to that described by Fleming. 
The members then witnessed Dr. Orvis perform the oper¬ 
ation of ovariotomy on a bitch. The members complimented 
the operator on the skillful manner in which he performed 
the operation. 
Adjourned for lunch. 
The meeting re-convened at 3 P.M. The President, Dr. 
H. A. Spencer, called the meeting to order. 
Business was resumed by the reading of an interesting 
paper on ‘‘Glanders,” by Dr. C. B. Orvis. He gave a de¬ 
scription of the disease and cited a number of cases which he 
believed had recovered from this fatal malady. He also 
advanced the idea that one attack of glanders rendered an 
immunity from a second attack. He also stated that it was 
his belief that horses who apparently recovered, and did not 
show any symptoms of the disease for one ) 7 ear, had fully re¬ 
covered and he would pronounce such a horse sound. He 
closed with the reading of an item from the American 
Veterinary Review, which gave an account of a sponta¬ 
neous recovery of a horse, written by a Russian veterinarian. 
Dr. McCollum said he did not believe glanders could be 
cured. He cited a number of cases in support of his belief. 
He said, in those so-called cases of spontaneous recovery, the 
germ is latent in the animal’s system and well developed when 
