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the gentlemanly attributes and the proficient professional ability pos¬ 
sessed by him and accorded to all ; and, further, to express to the one 
who mourns most deeply his decease our sincere sympatlry and condol¬ 
ence. Wm. H. Martenet, D. V. S., Secretary . 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
KEYSTONE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The regular monthly meeting of this association was held 
at the regular meeting place, N. W. corner Broad and Filbert 
streets, Philadelphia, on October 8th. Dr. Carter, acting as 
chairman, called the meeting to order at 9 o’clock, when the 
following members of the profession were present: Drs. 
Schreiber, Marshall, Adams, Harger, Rintz, Huidekoper, Carter, 
Mahaffey, Hoskins, Rhoads, Fves, Gardiner, and Ranch. The 
minutes of the previous meeting read and approved. There 
being no regular papers prepared, Dr. Harger made an elegant 
address on raw, pasteurized, and cooked milk, taken from Bul¬ 
letin No. 77 of the Maryland Agricultural Station, published 
August, 1901, and compiled by C. F. Doane and T. M. Price, 
the conclusions of which were : 
(1) Raw milk is more easily digested when fed to calves 
than either pasteurized or cooked milk. 
(2) Contrary to theory, cooked milk when fed to calves used 
in these experiments caused violent scouring in the majority of 
trials. 
(3) A majority of physicians in charge of children’s hospi¬ 
tals corresponded with, favored the use of raw milk for infants 
when the milk is known to be in perfect condition, but favored 
pasteurized milk under ordinary conditions. 
(4) With one exception, all the physicians corresponded 
I with discourage the use of cooked or sterilized milk for infant 
feeding. 
(5) Skim milk was found to be as digestible as whole raw 
milk. 
This valuable talk was freely discussed by Drs. Adams, 
Hoskins, Schreiber, Rintz, Eves and others. 
An interesting question was proposed by Dr. Hoskins in re¬ 
lation to a condition existing on a valuable dairy farm in 
which contagious abortion has appeared, and the puzzling part 
of it is, how are we to meet these conditions when found ? 
The question brought forth many suggestions from the mem¬ 
bers present. 
