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ing its reading, applauding vigorously when it was concluded. 
His subject was u Anthrax and Preventive Inoculation in 
Louisiana,” and the discussion which followed was very in¬ 
structive, and was participated in by Drs. Law, Ranck, Robert, 
Curtice, Salmon, and others. The Review will present it in an 
early issue. 
Another very valuable paper was upon u Colleges aud Asso¬ 
ciations as Guards of Our Standing as a Profession,” contributed 
by that earnest veterinarian, L. Van Es, of Alabama. The 
doctor handled his subject in a clear and practical manner, and 
its dissemination cannot but be of much benefit to the profes¬ 
sion in general. 
The discussion of anthrax and tuberculosis having con¬ 
sumed so much of the time allotted for papers, it was decided to 
hold a night session, and so the lengthy paper, with stereopti- 
con views, by Dr. James B. Paige, of Massachusetts, entitled 
“ Stable Hygiene,” was assigned to Wednesday evening, at 
which time the hall was well filled, and for more than an hour 
the doctor held his audience while he gave a very practical dis¬ 
cussion, especially upon ventilation, illustrating it by numerous 
views of actual conditions in stables under his observation, 
showing the direction of currents of air introduced into a stable 
by all manner of ventilators, located at all points of the room. 
At its conclusion Dr. Cooper Curtice gave some amusing and 
interesting remarks. 
On Thursday morning two papers on “ The Texas Fever 
Problem in the South ” were read by Dr. J. C, Robert, of the 
Mississippi Agricultural College, and Dr. G. E. Nesom, of 
Clemson College, S. C., and a long discussion followed. The 
greatest progress was shown in dealing with this “ romance of 
pathology,” and a thorough understanding was shown to exist 
between the Federal authorities and the intelligent veterina¬ 
rians now struggling with the scourge in the South. In the 
discussion the remarks of Dr. Salmon were particularly forcible, 
showing how the subject had been pursued from a malady of 
the greatest mystery to a clear knowledge of its etiology and 
pathology, and, while the disease is existent in other lands, the 
investigators of our Bureau of Animal Industry were the first 
to isolate its peculiar germ in the blood and in the tick, and to 
point out its prophylaxy. Other interesting speakers on the 
subject were Drs. Van Es, Curtice, Butler, Robert, White, Ne¬ 
som, Law, and Dalrymple. 
Dr. Carl W. Gay, of New York, gave “ The Attitude of the 
