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New York, Oct. 14. 
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COCOAINE IN NEUROTOMY. 
Bryn Mawr, Pa., Oct. 23d, 1886. 
Editor American Veterinary Review :— 
I would like to report the use of cocoaine as an anaesthetic in 
the operation for neurotomy. I injected about 30 m. under the 
skin over the part where the incision was to be made. In five 
minutes time a clear cut was made and the nerve exposed. I 
grasped it with, and rolled it between, my fingers without the 
animal evincing the slightest pain; even when the nerve was cut 
he did not make the slightest movement; by which I was led to 
believe he did not feel it. The wound healed much quicker than 
similar wounds without the cocoaine. 
Charles T. Goentner. 
SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
The regular monthly meeting of the New York State Veterinary Society was 
held on Tuesday evening, in the lecture room of the American Veterinary Col¬ 
lege, Dr. Robertson in the chair. 
Minutes of last meeting were read and, on motion, were adopted without 
alteration. 
Dr. Pendry then read a paper on Catarrhal Influenza, in which he gave the 
symptoms of simple influenza and those cases that he considered should come 
under the heading he used. He took exception to the general term influenza, 
contending that it was too vague, and he thought was too often used to cover up 
