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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
of experimental work, giving the instructor and students an . 
opportunity to make the greatest use of animate material for 
surgical instruction. 
U A New Horseshoe Pad .—A new horseshoe pad for the 
special purpose of preventing nail pricks, consists of three layers 
of canvas, strengthened across the heel with a sheet iron plate, 
two inches wide, riveted with two rivets to the canvas. This 
pad can be made quickly by the horseshoerat the time of shoeing. 
It is cheap ; it does not, like leather, favor loosening of the 
shoe. A pair will outwear two pairs of shoes, and its efficacy 
in preventing nail pricks is shown by the fact that in a stable 
of ovei 300 horses not a single nail prick has been sustained 
since they weie put into use six months ago. The invention 
is the work of Mr. Donolan, superintendent stables of Armour 
& Co. The objection to the leather, tin, etc., are well known, 
and are entirely met by this new invention. 
u Anthrax in Cook County .—A severe outbreak of this fell 
disease occurred twenty-five miles northwest of Chicago during 
last summer, in which the lives of thousands of the most valua¬ 
ble daily cattle in the country were threatened. The number 
of deaths, which included two human beings, was legion. 
‘•This committee refers to this outbreak for the special pur¬ 
pose of exemplifying the value of vaccination in stamping out 
this disease. The live-stock owners in the vicinity took imme¬ 
diate measures to stamp out the disease, and were eminently 
successful in preventing its spread beyond the immediate neigh¬ 
borhood. 
“ M New Float. —Mr. Fehr, a senior student in the McKil- 
lip Veterinary College, has invented a float of no mean value. 
The instrument possesses the unique feature of holding the float 
blade tight without the use of screws, as well as being readily 
attached to an angular float without much ceremony. Such 
an invention is, indeed, a boon to the veterinarian who practices 
dentistry. The old floats are seldom in working order on ac¬ 
count of the screws becoming rusted, and an invention that will 
overcome this defect will be received with open arms. The 
use of this float for several weeks on a large number of animals 
has given the writer confidence in its practicability.” 
1 he report was discussed by Dr. Quitman on chloretone, 
and by Drs. Campbell, Hughes and Quitman on the use of 
slings in the treatment of azoturia. 
Under the head of new business Dr. Quitman tendered his 
resignation as a member of the Legislative Committee. On mo- 
