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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
THE MISSOURI VALUKY VETERINARY MEDICAE ASSOCIATION 
convened in the lecture room of the Kansas City Veterinary 
College on the evening of October 6, 1897, and was called to 
order by the President, Dr, S. L. Hunter. The following named 
members were present: Drs. B. H. Biart, T. A. Bray, S. B. 
Brooking, Jno. Ernst, R. H. Harrison, W. A. Heck, F. W. Hop¬ 
kins, S. B. Hunter, G. A. Johnston, B. F. Knapp, R. C. Moore, 
E. P. Schaffter, R. P. Steddom, S. Stewart, J. B. Wright, and a 
number of the college students. 
The President did not deliver an address, but gave in lieu 
thereof a financial statement of the affairs of the association for 
the three years he served as Secretary and Treasurer. The 
statement showed a small cash balance on hand and a consider¬ 
able amount of unpaid dues still to be collected. 
Dr. Brooking presented a very terse yet interesting paper on 
the subject of “ Extra-Uterine Pregnancy,” in which he called 
attention to the frequency of its occurrence in the sow in con¬ 
trast to its infrequency in the cow and mare. The doctor had 
seen two extra-uterine foetuses removed from the abdomen of 
one sow. The paper called forth an interCvSting discussion. 
Dr. Knapp presented a short paper on “ Texas Fever,” in 
which he called attention to the post-mortem lesions as seen 
on the slaughter-beds, and noted the absence of many of the 
typical conditions seen in cases which died from the disease or 
had been killed shortly before they would have died to study the 
disease lesions. The discussion of this paper was quite ani¬ 
mated and all the members, also some of the visitors, contributed 
points of interest. 
Dr. Heck reported a very interesting and peculiar case in a 
horse of laceration of a muscular pillar of the diaphragm, with 
inflammation extending to the adjacent organs, case terminating 
in death. The doctor noted the peculiar desire of the horse to 
lie in a wallow of mud, in sterno-ventral position, with fore 
limbs flexed under the chest like a cow. 
The association passed a resolution, instructing the Secre¬ 
tary to urge the U. S. V. M. A. to hold its next annual meeting 
at Omaha, Neb., and pledging its good offices in helping to 
make that meeting interesting and profitable. 
Dr. S. Stewart kindly favored the association with a talk 
on the proceedings of the U. S. V. M. A. meeting at Nashville. 
The association adjourned to meet Wednesday evening, De¬ 
cember 8, 1897, at Kansas City Veterinary College. 
E. P. Schaffter, V. S., Secy. 
