SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
949 
Dr. Sellers, chairman of the Committee of Arrangements for 
the Atlantic City meeting, reported for the committee. The 
report was accepted and the committee discharged with thanks. 
Dr. J. V. Laddey, delegate to the State Sanitary Association, 
reported, and his report was received and filed. 
Dr. Wm, Herbert Lowe reported as a delegate to the meet¬ 
ing of the New York State Society. 
It was moved and carried that a vote of thanks be ex¬ 
tended to the veterinarians of Pennsylvania and New York for 
the assistance rendered this Association in entertaining the 
National Association at the Atlantic City meeting. 
Drs. Treadwell, Sellers and Budd, appointed a committee 
on resolutions, presented the following, which were unanimously 
adopted by a rising vote : 
“ Whereas, God in his wise providence lias taken away our brother 
and fellow laborer, Rush S. Huidekoper, who has for many years been 
a faithful worker in our profession, be it 
“ Resolved , That we hereby express our appreciation of his high per¬ 
sonal character, his wise counsel, his long continued interest in the 
veterinary profession, and his ever willing and substantial help ; with 
deepest sympathy for his bereaved family, we commend them to God, 
the only comfort in such an hour of trial ; Be it further 
“ Resolved , That a copy of these resolutions be sent by the Secretary 
to the widow and family of our deceased brother. ” 
J. M. W. Kitchin, M. D., of East Orange, who is interested in 
the dairy industry, read a paper entitled “ Some of the Unsolved 
Problems of Milk Fever.” The paper was well received and 
quite generally discussed. The conclusion reached was that 
while the disease was probably caused by ptomaine poison origi¬ 
nating in the udder, no one had as yet succeeded in demonstrat¬ 
ing the fact positively and that laboratory experiments should be 
conducted by State and Government with a view of determining 
the exact nature of the disease, the expense of such experiment¬ 
ing being beyond the reach of the average owner of live .stock. 
A paper entitled “ The X-ray as an Aid in the Diagnosis of 
Tuberculosis ” was presented by Dr. J. V. Laddey, who had been 
making some practical use of an X-ray machine in the work 
of inspecting cattle intended for slaughter. Dr. Laddey illus¬ 
trated his paper by means of ante and post-mortem photographs 
of animals subjected to the experiment. The paper will be found 
elsewhere in the pages of this magazine. 
The Public Health Committee was requested to secure if 
possible an X-ray apparatus for use at the next meeting. 
Dr. Werner Runge reported some personal experiments con- 
