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meat and milk inspection this responsibility is thrown upon the 
butcher, vendor or producer. Prof. Marks says in his experience 
he has found the veterinarians do not stand up for their rights; 
they are not aggressive enough, but will stand back and see 
positions which they alone are qualified to fill held by medical 
men, laymen or quacks who have a political pull. 
Dr. Cullen felt that the best way to remedy the present con¬ 
dition was by the co-working of the veterinarians, the employ¬ 
ment of legal talent, and the use of the press. 
In answer to some questions regarding sheep, it was said that 
the lungs were used for making soup in Germany, and in the 
inspection these were closely watched for verminous bronchitis, 
also that gid or tnrnsick was due to a cerebral cyst caused by 
tsenia coennrus. This disease is directly transmissible to man; 
thus making the meat of these animals unfit for food. The 
nodular disease of sheep was really intestinal tumors caused by 
an invasion of a parasite, and in some sections of the South made 
sheep husbandry unprofitable. These tumors resemble tubercular 
nodules, and may be mistaken for them. 
Dr. Hoskins now reported the case of a collie dog having 
frequent micturation and each time ending with a few drops 
of blood ; this was finally cured by charging the drinking water 
with bicarbonate of soda and dosing with sanmetto. 
Dr. H. D. Harden thep exhibited a number of fine specimens 
of intestinal calculi taken from horses. 
A hearty vote of thanks was extended to Dr. John W. Adams 
for his kindness as speaker of the evening, when the Association 
adjourned to meet June 15, 1897, which will be the final meeting 
for the session of 1896-97. 
W. L. Rhoads, D. V. S., Secretary. 
UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAD ASSOCIATION. 
That the intellectual programme to be presented at Nashville 
is to be of a high order and of good proportions is now assured 
by the announcement of the papers that have been received by 
the Secretary, through whose courtesy the Review is enabled to 
present the following, including those announced in the June 
issue : 
Prof. Deonard Pearson, Philadelphia, Pa., “ Tuberculosis. 
Prof. B. A. A. Grange, Michigan, “ Infectious Mammitis in 
Cows.” 
Prof. B. P. Niles, Blacksburg, Virginia, title of subject not 
stated. 
