SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
395 
Moved to adjourn to 7:30 p. m. Carried. 
Evening Session .—The meeting was called to order at 7:30 
p. M. by the President. 
The subjeet of collections from those in arrears was taken up 
and the Secretary was instructed to correspond with those more 
than four years in arrears and report at the semi-annual meeting. 
Moved and seconded that those who refuse to pay be suspended 
at the semi-annual meeting for non-payment of dues. Carried. 
Moved by Dr. Leech, and seconded by Dr. Crane, that sec¬ 
tion 12 be amended to read that no member can withdraw from 
this society unless his dues be paid in full. Carried. 
The President appointed as a Press Committee Drs. G. Ed. 
Leech, Milwaukee; R. E. Cochrane, Milwaukee; C. Evans, 
Racine. 
Readings of Essays and Communications .—The venerable 
Farmer Miles, of Charleston, Ill., was introduced by the Presi¬ 
dent and proceeded to tell in his inimitable manner how he 
came to commence the practice of the specialty which has made 
his name familiar throughout the world as a castrator of cryp- 
torchids. In describing the operation lie divides them into 
six classes, as follows : No. 1, “flankers”; No. 2, testicle out¬ 
side abdominal cavity, but so near the inguinal ring that it 
cannot be felt; No. 3, the testicle and appendices inside the 
abdomen. This class comprises three out of five of straight 
cryptorchids ; No. 4, tunic and globus minor down, but testicle 
within the abdominal cavity; No. 5, once straight No. 3, 
but from some cause an internal hydrocele formed which some¬ 
times contains two or three pints of fluid with the testicle 
attached to some part of the sack ; No. 6, once No. 5, but nature 
makes an effort to reduce the hydrocele and a hard chury mass 
is formed having the consistency of a soft orick. The most 
important part to learn is to study to go slow. In a straight 
colt six to eight inches of the spermatic cord should be re¬ 
moved with the ecraseur and there will be no trouble with 
scirrhus cords. A large external opening should be made to 
provide free drainage. Open this twice daily by inserting the 
fingers for five days, then allow it to heal. He then proceeded 
to describe in detail the several operations on the different 
classes of ridglings. After this he related numerous anecdotes 
regarding his personal experiences. He has a vast fund of 
quaint humor and is as interesting as a romance, and it was his 
aim to make plain all the little secrets of his art that he has 
prized so highly, and now he is retiring at the age of seventy- 
